Multiple Navigation Controller Back Button - ios

I have an application that looks like this;
Navigation Controller->Table View Controller->Navigation Controller2->Table View Controller2
The problem that I'm facing is that I want to have a "Back" button on Table View Controller2 that will take me back to the very first Navigation Controller. I can't figure out how to do this for the life of me, except by placing a button in the Table View Controller2's Navigation bar and creating a modal seque back to the first navigation controller. I don't think Apple will like that though. Can anyone help?

Try this:
NavigationController *nav = [[NavigationController alloc]init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:nav animated:YES];
[nav release];

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View hierarchy changed after push a view controller through navigation controller?

There is problem in view hierarchy. Here is flow of my app.
When app starts View Controller "A" is Visible. After that storyboard "B" is loaded through "StoryBoard Reference (Push)" ,Where another navigation controller is present and Home screen is loaded. On Click of Menu button in Home screen Side panel is visible.
Now When i click on side panel menu items view Controller "B" is pushed. This View Controller is Pushed Under Home screen and is not Vsible.
Help View contoller is visible under Home controller. I want Help View Controller should come on top of Home controller.
I dont understand what issue is coming..
Any Help will be appreciated..
If you are pushing view controller from side panel shows in image, will never push because it is not in navigation controller.
the answer depends on how you showing your side menu but from assumptions
what you need to do is to set root view controller or keep reference of navigation controller and push from there
If you are presenting side menu then it is not on navigation controller so you should first dismiss this side menu and on the completion of it you should push new view controller (says B or Help). I am writing my code snippet that i am using in my project for demonstration,
- (IBAction)settingClick:(id)sender {
SettingViewController *svc = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"settingsScreen"];
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:^{
[self.vc.navigationController.navigationController pushViewController:svc animated:YES];
}];
}
Above method push setting view controller on current navigation controller after dismissing side menu
Now important thing is self.vc this is the object of previous viewcontroller (Home controller in your case i think) on which side menu was presented.
So my SideMenuViewController has a property like,
#property (nonatomic,strong) UIViewController *vc;
which i am setting with self from previous view controller (in your case from Home view controller) something like,
SideMenuViewController *smvc = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"sideMenu"];
smvc.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext;
[self presentViewController:smvc animated:NO completion:^{
smvc.vc = self;
}];
And i have used [self.vc.navigationController.navigationController pushViewController:svc animated:YES]; i.e. two navigation controller to push because i have two navigation controller in my view hierarchy to push this new view controller.
You can manage that as per your setup that how many navigation controller you have !!
Hope this will help :)
After digging a lot, I found solution for this.
UIStoryboard *storyboard = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:#"Home" bundle: nil];
RootController *someViewController = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:#"RootController"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:someViewController animated:YES];
I have set another navigation controller as root ViewController of the window and it worked for me.
Thanks.

How do I instantiate a storyboard with a given root viewcontroller and initial viewcontroller?

I have a storyboard in my application with a navigation controller and several views. This automatically puts a navigation bar with a back button into any views that are not the root view.
However, sometimes I navigate away from this storyboard to an individual nib. I want to navigate back to the storyboard, but not necessarily to the original root view. I currently use this method to do so:
+(void) TransitionOnStoryboard:(NSString*)storyboard to:(NSString*)identifier withViewController:(UIViewController*)viewController
{
UIStoryboard *sb = [UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:storyboard bundle:nil];
UIViewController *vc = [sb instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:identifier];
vc.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
[viewController presentViewController:vc animated:YES completion:NULL];
}
This shows the view I want but without the navigation bar. How do I specify my navigation controller or root view, such that the app knows to put a navigation bar with a back button in?
Thanks
The answer is to leave your navigation controller underneath the view controller you add from a nib.
Present the nib as a full0-screen modal. That gets rid if your navigation bar, as desired. From that new view controller, you can push more modals, add a navigation controller, or whatever.
Note that you could do all of this and stay inside your storyboard as well.
Once you are done, dismiss the modal to reveal your navigation controller, and you are back in business with your storyboard. You can push a new view controller onto your navigation controller without animation and it should appear as the front-most VC when you pop the modal that came from a nib.
I'm sure that this isn't the ideal way to solve this problem, but it did work very nicely for me.
Essentially, I removed all the views from the view controller that had been generated since I navigated away from the storyboard, but before the current view and popped the current view. In this case, these views were of one class (CheckboxListViewController) and so could be removed quite simply as below:
+(void) navigateToMainMenu:(UINavigationController*)navigationController
{
[QuickView removeFromNavigationController:navigationController allOfViewControllerWithClass:[CheckboxListViewController class]];
[navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
+(void) removeFromNavigationController:(UINavigationController *)navigationController allOfViewControllerWithClass:(Class)viewControllerClass
{
NSMutableArray *keptViewControllers = [[NSMutableArray alloc]init];
for (UIViewController *viewController in navigationController.viewControllers)
if (![viewController isKindOfClass:viewControllerClass])
[keptViewControllers addObject:viewController];
navigationController.viewControllers = keptViewControllers;
}
(note- QuickView is the name of the class that contains these methods.).
Any other classes that you do not want your pop to navigate back to can be removed by calling:
[QuickView removeFromNavigationController:navigationController allOfViewControllerWithClass:[YourClassName class]];
In the navigateToMenu method.

Navigation Bar & Navigation Toolbar NOT from App Delegate

I'm new to xcode ios 7.
I've struggling a lot with navigation controls building app for iPhone ios7.
I don't want to use storyboard. I prefer to do it programmatically.
What i am trying to do.
I know how to create NavigationBar & Navigation Toolbar via AppDelegate.m
But if it's possible i don't want to do it, because let's assume i want in FirstViewController to show just simple button "Go to Second View Controller" (No Navigation Bar or Toolbar here).
And now in SecondViewController i want to create Navigation Toolbar (bottom) with 4 different tabs linking to ViewControllers!
But the trick is, i want to maintain different Navigation Bar (top) for every ViewController (as you can see in this screenshot).
Here is my Xcode Project File
And here is screenshot form Fancy app showing what i am trying to achieve.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Just to give you an idea, When you tap the button on your first view controller, you can create a UINavigationController and set your second view controller as its root view controller. This way, your first view controller remains no nav bar view and the second view controller holds a Navigation controller. Try something like below:
-(IBAction)goToSecondVC:(id)sender // An action for the button in your first VC
{
SecondViewController *secondVC = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:#"SecondViewController" bundle:nil]; //Init with second view controller
UINavigationController *secondNavVC = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:secondVC]; // create a navigation controller and set the root as your second view controller
[self presentViewController:secondNavVC animated:YES completion:nil]; // and then present it with anim or no anim..
}

Pushing a UITableViewController from a tabBarController embedded view doesn't remove tab bar?

I have a tab bar controller with 4 tabs and each tab is their own UINavigationController, which is how you're supposed to nest tab bar and navigation controller's together. The initial tab is a TableViewController and works/appears the way that it should. From the tableVC I can push standard view controller's onto the navigation controller with:
[self.navigationController pushViewController:VC animated:YES];
and it works properly.
If I attempt to push another TableViewController onto the navigation with the same method it works the same way, but the initial tab bar does not get pushed off screen like it should, it just stays in place.
Why would the tab bar stay on screen even though I am pushing a new VC onto the navigation?
I have tested with multiple instances of different TableVC's and it only happens with a table view controller.
Here is the code I'm using:
- (void)pushTableVC
{
TestTableVC *tableVC = [[TestTableVC alloc] init];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:tableVC animated:YES];
}
This will push the new table view onto the stack, but the tab bar from the parent VC stays in place and does not get pushed off screen like it should.
You should call the method setHidesBottomBarWhenPushed: on the view controller you are pushing to correctly hide the tab bar.
UIViewController *viewController = [[UIViewController alloc] init];
[viewController setHidesBottomBarWhenPushed:YES];
[[self navigationController] pushViewController:viewController animated:YES];
When you use a UITabBarController, the tab bar always stays on screen, even as you push additional view controllers onto an embedded UINavigationController. You will see this in any app that has a UITabBarController implemented, unless they implement custom behavior to change this.
The UINavigationController contains everything above the UITabBar, but does not contain the UITabBar itself, so it would not be able to push it offscreen.

How to Push A view with TabBarController as Root

I'm starting out with iOS Development.
Currently, I've implemented a TabBarController that nests 2 Views, one of which has a TableView within in.
I'm trying to get the table view to Push another view when DidSelectRow is called.
What I am trying to do is similar to the AppStore in the Search Tab.
I.E:
When you find the App you want you tap on the table row - then the search bar fades away and the Navigation bar fades in, revealing more detail.
Right now I'm trying this:
self.nav = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:rootVC];
nav.delegate = self;
self.detailView = [[detailView alloc] initWithNibName:#"detailView" bundle:nil];
[nav pushViewController:self.detailView animated:YES];
Where rootVC is the viewController in my secondView.
This does nothing. I've called NSLog to make sure that the method is being called, and it is.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Do you have a navigation controller in the app? One way to achieve the navigation controller with tab bar controller is to add navigation controller for each tab bar item . Then make the root view controller of the navigation controller one of your 2 views controllers.

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