viewWillAppear and viewDidAppear not called when presenting view controller from Side Menu?

Asked Mar 28 '19 at 20:13

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I'm using this library to show a side menu inside my app: https://github.com/jonkykong/SideMenu

All is fine except for one thing. When I present a viewcontroller from the side menu, and then dismiss this view controller to the main view controller, the viewWillAppear and/or viewDidAppear of the main view controller is not called ever.

From SideMenuVC (side menu view controller) I present other view controller:

let myPortfoliosNC = storyboard!.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "myPortfoliosNC")
present(myPortfoliosNC, animated: true, completion: nil)

Next, form the myPortfolioNC i dismiss (from the first view controller) and when go to main view controller the viewDidAppear and viewWillAppear is not called. Any idea of what i'm doing wrong ??

edited Mar 29 '19 at 00:28

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asked Mar 28 '19 at 20:13

Wo_0NDeR ᵀᴹ

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Is the viewDidDissapear from your mainViewController called when you show another viewController? – Pat_Morita Mar 28 '19 at 20:16
@Pat_Morita let me check. One moment please ! – Wo_0NDeR ᵀᴹ Mar 28 '19 at 20:18
@Pat_Morita not viewDidDissapear called from the side menu ! – Wo_0NDeR ᵀᴹ Mar 28 '19 at 20:21
If it doesn't disappear it's still visible (probably behind) and so viewWillAppear is not called. You either need to manually dismiss It, check if your library offers methods to do so or work with delegates or notifications to update information between them. – Pat_Morita Mar 28 '19 at 20:27
@Pat_Morita thanks, let me check. BrB ! – Wo_0NDeR ᵀᴹ Mar 28 '19 at 20:42
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The way this pod works is that the views are displaying over the main viewcontroller. So the main is never dismissed when you go to a new view – Len_X Mar 28 '19 at 20:52
@Len_X so what you suggest i need to do?, i push some view controllers from there and i need to refresh a table view when go again to main view controller ! – Wo_0NDeR ᵀᴹ Mar 29 '19 at 04:52
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I think the solution here is with delegate or notifications (just that @Pat_Morita say) ! – Wo_0NDeR ᵀᴹ Mar 29 '19 at 07:13
Navigate the viewController instead of present. – Sourabh Kumbhar Mar 30 '19 at 09:14
Solved using NotificationCenter, thanks a lot everyone ! – Wo_0NDeR ᵀᴹ Apr 01 '19 at 21:47

viewWillAppear and viewDidAppear not called when presenting view controller from Side Menu?

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