I get no animation when I perform the segue programmatically - ios

Question

I have a button that will segue to another View Controller. In shouldPerformSegueWithIdentifier I check the identifier and returns NO for this certain button after calling my own method nextClicked.
In nextClicked I do a HTTP Request and check some stuff, and then if everything is OK I do
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"getstartednext" sender:self];
});
The problem is that I get no animation now... The segue is of type modal. If I return YES in shouldPerformSegueWithIdentifier and don't to the segue programmatically later, the animation appears and everything is as it should.

Answer 1

You are misusing shouldPerformSegueWithIdentifier. If you want to do something special in response to the button click, use action-target and not a segue connected to the button.

Answer 2

I created a new project with your idea and I've got animation.
This is the action connected through IB with the next viewController and with identifier: #"getstartednext"
- (IBAction)go:(id)sender
{
}
Same code you have except sender is nil
- (void) nextClicked
{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"getstartednext" sender:nil];
});
}
if sender != nil, (IBAction go:) then I'm calling nextClicked because returning NO
else the code is doing the segue because returning YES
- (BOOL) shouldPerformSegueWithIdentifier:(NSString *)identifier sender:(id)sender
{
if ([identifier isEqualToString:#"getstartednext"] && sender != nil)
{
[self nextClicked];
return NO;
}
return YES;
}
Works like a charm.