Navigation and tab bar missing when presenting view controller - ios

Question

I am implementing home screen shortcuts using 3D Touch, and it's working well, however the way I currently have it means that when the shortcut takes the user to a specific view controller, the tab bar and navigation bar is missing.
This is my code:
func handleShortCutItem(shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem) -> Bool {
var handled = false
if let shortcutType = ShortcutType.init(rawValue: shortcutItem.type) {
let rootViewController = window!.rootViewController
switch shortcutType {
case .Favourites:
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let rootController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("favourites") as! FavouritesTableViewController
rootController.parkPassed = DataManager.sharedInstance.getParkByName(NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().stringForKey("currentPark")!)
self.window?.rootViewController = rootController
self.window?.makeKeyAndVisible()
handled = true
}
return handled
}
Can anyone suggest what I need to change in the code?
This is the starboard layout (FavouritesTableViewController is indicated):
EDIT:
Here is my updated code:
#available(iOS 9.0, *)
func handleShortCutItem(shortcutItem: UIApplicationShortcutItem) -> Bool {
var handled = false
if let shortcutType = ShortcutType.init(rawValue: shortcutItem.type) {
switch shortcutType {
case .Favourites:
print("favourites")
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let rootController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("favourites") as! FavouritesViewController
rootController.parkPassed = DataManager.sharedInstance.getParkByName(NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().stringForKey("currentPark")!)
let root = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as! AppDelegate
if let navCont = root.window?.rootViewController?.navigationController {
navCont.presentViewController(rootController, animated: true, completion: nil)
} else {
root.window?.rootViewController?.presentViewController(rootController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
root.window?.makeKeyAndVisible()
handled = true
}
}
return handled
}

Answer 1

Try this:
Get the delegate from app delegate:
AppDelegate *appDelegate = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
GEt the controller you would like to to present from storyboard:
Controller *cont=//get the reference from storyboard either using storyboard ID
and then make your rootview present the other controller:
[appDelegate.window.rootViewController presentViewController:cont animated:YES completion:^{
DLog(#"presented your view ON TOP of the tab bar controller");
}];
Swift:
var appDelegate: AppDelegate = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate()
var cont: Controller = //get the reference form storyboard
appDelegate.window.rootViewController.presentViewController(cont, animated: true, completion: { DLog("presented your view ON TOP of the tab bar controller")
})
you can move the presenting stuff on main thread,if you like!!!!

Answer 2

So I got the solution I hope that will work for you.
First you have to set your Storyboard instance.
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
after that you need to set where you want to start the navigation.
let mynVC = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("root") as! UINavigationController
right now you can set the viewcontroller that you want to appear
let playVC = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("playVC")
So and now you can start the workflow but note that you have to do this in a completion like this
self.window?.rootViewController?.presentViewController(rootVC, animated: true, completion: { () -> Void in
rootVC.pushViewController(playVC, animated: true)
})
So your rootViewController will present you "rootVC" and after that your playVC.
I hope It will help you guys:)

Answer 3

The problem is, you are setting the view controller(named:rootController) to be the window?.rootViewController, other than presenting the rootController by the window?.rootViewController. Just change
self.window?.rootViewController = rootController
to
self.window?.rootViewController.presentViewController(rootController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 4

if you use it like this you will be replaced rootview to this viewcontroller. So this will be a new solo page and its normal to dont have navigationController or tabbarController. Because you have only this new page in view hierarchy.
If you want to present this from rootview, you may try
let root=UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as! AppDelegate
if let navCont=root.window?.rootViewController?.navigationController
{
navCont.presentViewController(viewControllerToPresent: UIViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
else{
root.window?.rootViewController?.presentViewController(viewControllerToPresent: UIViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}