Swift - Present another view controller with its navigation bar

Question

I have two ViewControllers -- one with storyboard and one without. Both of those view controllers have their own Navigation Bar at the top. Now when I use self.presentViewController(editorViewController, animated: true, completion: nil) my editorViewController comes up but without its Navigation bar.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Vasil, for your question you just deleted, try looking at Toucan: https://github.com/gavinbunney/Toucan — brimstone, Mar 27 '16 at 03:07

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '16 at 14:38

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I fixed the problem using the following code:

let editorViewController = IMGLYMainEditorViewController()
let navEditorViewController: UINavigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: editorViewController)
self.presentViewController(navEditorViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)

I just added the navEditorViewController as it made my navigation bar with its items to appear.

answered Mar 22 '16 at 14:38

Vasil Nunev

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But the presented UIViewController doesn't have a Back button. How to handle that ? – zulkarnain shah May 09 '17 at 09:53
@zulkarnainshah when you present a new navigation controller, your previous navigation stack get removed. if you need to show back button, then you have to present view controller, not a navigation controller. – Wimukthi Rajapaksha May 01 '20 at 12:17

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '16 at 13:58

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Try self.navigationController!.pushViewController(...)

answered Mar 22 '16 at 13:58

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Probably because you haven't used a Navigation Controller. Can you show me your storyboard? – David P Mar 22 '16 at 14:05
Here is my storyboard http://postimg.org/image/5x0bszdlf/ when i press Edit the image editor editorViewController should pop up – Vasil Nunev Mar 22 '16 at 14:10
Sorry if I insist.. So your storyboard only has that view controller?? – David P Mar 22 '16 at 14:11
I think you should use a NavigationController. Look here: http://postimg.org/image/byfh6263r/ – David P Mar 22 '16 at 14:17

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '20 at 12:26

Swift 5+

let destinationNavigationController = self.storyboard!.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "nav") as! UINavigationController
destinationNavigationController.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen        
self.present(destinationNavigationController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Here your navigation bar replaces with new navigation bar.

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 15 '18 at 15:52

So for everyone still curious about this problem, given that we already have existing UINavigationController other than the current one:

Swift 3

First, we need to find the UIViewController that we want to present:

let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let destinationViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "DestinationViewController") as! DestinationViewController

Next, we're doing the same thing for UINavigationController:

let destinationNavigationController = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "DestinationNavigationController") as! UINavigationController

Then, we want to bring the DestinationViewController to the top of our destination UINavigationController stack:

destinationNavigationController.pushViewController(destinationViewController, animated: true)

Finally, just present destination UINavigationController:

self.present(destinationNavigationController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Swift - Present another view controller with its navigation bar

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