How can I go back to the initial view controller in Swift?

Question

So I have a login view, after successful login it goes to the first view of a navigation controller, then the user can go deeper to a settings view and then to a logout view. This logout should take the user back to the login view (which is not part of the navigation controller). It works with this code:

let loginViewController = self.storyboard!.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("Login") as? LoginViewController self.navigationController!.pushViewController(loginViewController!, animated: true) 

But the login view displays the navigation bar at the top, which it shouldn't do, maybe there is something other than self.navigationController!.pushViewController that I should be using?

Answer 1

SWIFT: You should use an unwind segue.

1. First of all, put the following line in your FirstViewController:

    @IBAction func prepareForUnwind(segue: UIStoryboardSegue) {  } 

   The function actually doesn't have any code inside it.

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2. Now, go to your storyboard and create an unwind segue for LogoutViewController by control-dragging from the yellow button to the Exit button. Like this:

3. Select the unwind segue created for FirstViewController.

4. Change the segue identifier:

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5. Go to the code of LogoutViewController and just call the unwind segue normally:

    self.performSegueWithIdentifier("unwindToViewController1", sender: self) 

   Swift 4

    self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "unwindToViewController1", sender: self) 

Answer 2

If you have a Navigation controller, from your your controller use:

self.navigationController?.popToRootViewControllerAnimated(true)