Dismiss more than one view controller simultaneously

Question

I'm making a game using SpriteKit. I have 3 viewControllers: selecting level vc, game vc, and win vc. After the game is over, I want to show the win vc, then if I press OK button on the win vc, I want to dismiss the win vc AND the game vc (pop two view controllers out of the stack). But I don't know how to do it because if I call

self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: {})     

the win vc (top of the stack) is dismissed, so I don't know where to call it again to dismiss the game vc. Is there any way I can fix this without using navigation controller?

This is the 1st VC: (Please pay attention to my comments below starting with "//")

class SelectLevelViewController: UIViewController { // I implemented a UIButton on its storyboard, and its segue shows GameViewController     override func viewDidLoad() {         super.viewDidLoad()     } } 

This is the 2nd VC:

class GameViewController: UIViewController, UIPopoverPresentationControllerDelegate {     var scene: GameScene!     var stage: Stage!      var startTime = NSTimeInterval()     var timer = NSTimer()     var seconds: Double = 0     var timeStopped = false      var score = 0      @IBOutlet weak var targetLabel: UILabel!     @IBOutlet var displayTimeLabel: UILabel!     @IBOutlet weak var scoreLabel: UILabel!     @IBOutlet weak var gameOverPanel: UIImageView!     @IBOutlet weak var shuffleButton: UIButton!     @IBOutlet weak var msNum: UILabel!      var mapNum = Int()     var stageNum = Int()      var tapGestureRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer!      override func viewDidLoad() {         super.viewDidLoad()          let skView = view as! SKView         skView.multipleTouchEnabled = false          scene = GameScene(size: skView.bounds.size)         scene.scaleMode = .AspectFill         msNum.text = "\(mapNum) - \(stageNum)"          stage = Stage(filename: "Map_0_Stage_1")         scene.stage = stage         scene.addTiles()         scene.swipeHandler = handleSwipe          gameOverPanel.hidden = true         shuffleButton.hidden = true          skView.presentScene(scene)          Sound.backgroundMusic.play()          beginGame()     }      func beginGame() {         displayTimeLabel.text = String(format: "%ld", stage.maximumTime)         score = 0         updateLabels()          stage.resetComboMultiplier()          scene.animateBeginGame() {             self.shuffleButton.hidden = false         }          shuffle()          startTiming()     }      func showWin() {         gameOverPanel.hidden = false         scene.userInteractionEnabled = false         shuffleButton.hidden = true          scene.animateGameOver() {             self.tapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "hideWin")             self.view.addGestureRecognizer(self.tapGestureRecognizer)         }     }      func hideWin() {         view.removeGestureRecognizer(tapGestureRecognizer)         tapGestureRecognizer = nil          gameOverPanel.hidden = true         scene.userInteractionEnabled = true          self.performSegueWithIdentifier("win", sender: self) // this segue shows WinVC but idk where to dismiss this GameVC after WinVC gets dismissed...     }      func shuffle() {...}     func startTiming() {...} } 

And this is the 3rd VC:

class WinVC: UIViewController {      @IBOutlet weak var awardResult: UILabel!      @IBAction func dismissVC(sender: UIButton) {         self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: {}) // dismissing WinVC here when this button is clicked     }      override func viewDidLoad() {         super.viewDidLoad()     }      override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {         super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()     }  } 

Answer 1

@Ken Toh's comment was what worked for me in this situation -- call dismiss from the view controller that you want to show after everything else is dismissed.

If you have a "stack" of 3 presented view controllers A, B and C, where C is on top, then calling A.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil) will dismiss B and C simultaneously.

If you don't have a reference to the root of the stack, you could chain a couple of accesses to presentingViewController to get to it. Something like this:

self.presentingViewController?.presentingViewController?.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)