pushViewController does nothing when I call it - ios

Question

I'm trying to get my app to go to the next screen. I eneded up creating a simple test app with 2 screens
On the first vue I have a button connected to the following code to call up the next screen
- (IBAction)atest:(id)sender {
if (mHome == nil)
mHome = [[cHome alloc] initWithNibName:#"cHome" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:mHome animated:YES];
}
I put a break point to make sure the code exicutes, it does but..... the next screen does not come up.
complete code
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface cHome : UIViewController{
}
- (IBAction)atest:(id)sender;
#end
#interface cHome ()
#end
#implementation cHome
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
if (self) {
// Custom initialization
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
}
- (IBAction)atest:(id)sender
{
[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

Answer 1

Just like to add onto Unkn0wn and demonstrate how I presented certain views in an app.
Add a storyboard id for your view controller
click on your view controller in your storyboard hierarchy
click the identity inspector
add a storyboard id as a string in the storyboard id box
I then did something like this in my code:
[self presentViewController:[self.storyboard nstantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"Paint"] animated:NO completion:nil];
obviously, your identifier would not be "Paint" but that's what I used. This was my simplist approach, hope it helps good luck!
NOTE: I did not use navigation controllers in my app.
EDIT
would like to point out, that this method kind of makes the controller appear out of nowhere with no animation (I had special animation for my controls as a transition between view controllers so I didn't need to animate the controller itself)

Answer 2

If you want to push a view controller, you can easily create a push segue, from your first view controller to your second view controller, and then push using
[self performSegueWithIdentifier:#"yourSegueIdentifier" sender:self];
"push segues" can be created both via code or in your storyboard file.

Answer 3

You have a mistake in your code:
mHome = [[cHome alloc] initWithNibName:#"cHome" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
I think it's the nib name. It should be mHome not cHome.
mHome = [[cHome alloc] initWithNibName:#"mHome" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
You basically cannot push two of the same view controller on one navigation controller.