call popToRootViewController from another tab - ios

Question

I have tab bar with navigation controller app using storyboard ,
my purpose is to press a button in tab3 and in the background I want tab1 to "popToRootViewController"
the button in tab3 viewcontroller:
- (IBAction)Action:(id)sender {
vc1 * first = [[vc1 alloc]init];
[first performSelector:#selector(popToRootViewController) withObject:Nil];
}
the code in the tab1 viewcontroller
-(void)popToRootViewController{
[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:NO];
NSLog(#"popToRootViewController");
}
I get the popToRootViewController in logs, but the action didn't perform.
that solve the problem:
- (IBAction)Action:(id)sender {
[[self.tabBarController.viewControllers objectAtIndex:0]popToRootViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}

Answer 1

The way you are doing it:
vc1 * first = [[vc1 alloc]init];
[first performSelector:#selector(popToRootViewController) withObject:Nil];
is not correct. Indeed, you are creating a whole new controller here, completely independent from your existing controllers and not belonging to any navigation controller. For this reason, self.navigationController is nil in popToRootViewController.
You might try doing something like:
//-- this will give you the left-most controller in your tab bar controller
vc1 * first = [self.tabBarController.viewControllers objectAtIndex:0];
[first performSelector:#selector(popToRootViewController) withObject:Nil];

Answer 2

Bind TabBar with tabBarViewController-
In tabBarViewController.m
- (void)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController didSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController
{
NSArray *array = [tabBarController viewControllers];
if([[array objectAtIndex:tabBarController.selectedIndex] isKindOfClass:[UINavigationController class]])
[(UINavigationController *)[array objectAtIndex:tabBarController.selectedIndex] popToRootViewControllerAnimated: NO];
}
It worked perfectly for me.

Answer 3

To press a button in tab3 and in the background I want tab1 to "popToRootViewController"
If you want to perform popToRootViewController in tab1 by pressing button in tab3 then i would like to suggest use NSNotificationCenter. For example follow below code:-
In your firstViewController class add the observer of NSNotification
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]addObserver:self selector:#selector(yourMethod:)
name:#"popToRootViewControllerNotification" object:nil];
}
-(void)yourMethod:(NSNotification*)not
{
[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}
In your ThirdViewController class post the notification in below code:-
- (IBAction)Action:(id)sender {
// vc1 * first = [[vc1 alloc]init];
// [first performSelector:#selector(popToRootViewController) withObject:Nil];
//Post your notification here
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:#"popToRootViewControllerNotification" object:nil];
}

Answer 4

If your tab1 and tab2 arein different navigationController, then try this in - (IBAction)action:(id)sender
NSArray *viewControllers = [self.tabbarController viewControllers];
for (UIViewController *viewController in viewControllers) {
if ([viewController isKindOfClass:[vc1 class]]) {
vc1 * first = (vc1 *) viewController;
[first.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:NO];
}
}