Navigate Back to previous view controller

Question

I have a UIView->UICollectionView->UICollectionViewCell. I am trying to navigate back programatically but none of these works. The code did called. I am using StoryBoard.

- (void) goBack:(NSNotification *) notification {
      // [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
     //  [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
      [self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

Are you getting self.navigationControlle as not nil in your class? Check this. — βhargavḯ, Apr 18 '13 at 06:06
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"goBack" object:nil]; — user1688346, Apr 18 '13 at 06:08
Did you register for the notification with addObserver:selector:name:object:? — rdelmar, Apr 18 '13 at 06:18
What are you trying to navigate back to? The 3 objects you show in your question are all views, not view controllers. What controllers do you have? — rdelmar, Apr 18 '13 at 06:21

score 103 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 05 '17 at 03:38

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You need to use:

[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES];

This will bring you back to the root view controller.

If you want to navigate back to previous view controller, you should implement:

[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];

edited Apr 05 '17 at 03:38

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answered Apr 18 '13 at 07:18

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Have you set UINavigationController as your rootViewController ? If not, then it will not work. – Vineet Singh May 09 '17 at 06:26

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 12:09

By using below line we can go to parent view controller

[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];

By using below line we can move to main/root view controller

[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES];

By using below line we can move to any view controller

[self.navigationController popToViewController:viewControllerObject animated:YES];

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 18 '13 at 07:13

How about...

 [self.navigationController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:NULL];

Assuming that you are currently in a navigation-based controller and you wanted to go back to the previous controller before you got into a navigation-based controller.

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 07 '17 at 07:42

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With swift3,

@IBAction func back(_ sender: UIButton) {
    self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)     
}

answered Aug 07 '17 at 07:42

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 13 '18 at 21:15

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Swift 4.1:

navigationController.popViewController(animated: true)

answered Aug 13 '18 at 21:15

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 01 '15 at 16:39

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Swift solutions for easy copy pasting:

navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)

answered Mar 01 '15 at 16:39

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score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 25 '16 at 14:47

Try it....

#import "bookdescriViewController.h" // import here your class name 

- (IBAction)backButton:(id)sender 
{
  bookdescriViewController *previosVC = [[bookdescriViewController alloc]init];
  [self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES]; // go to previous view controller
  [self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated:YES]; // go to root view controller
  [self.navigationController popToViewController:previosVC animated:YES]; // go to any view controller
  [previosVC release];
}

Alan10977 · Answer 8 · 2015-03-13T23:57:25.473

Go back to parent view controller and dealloc current view controller ex :

- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(NSNotification *)notification
{
    NSInteger numberOfViewControllers = self.navigationController.viewControllers.count;

    UIViewController *vc = [self.navigationController.viewControllers objectAtIndex:numberOfViewControllers - 2];

    [self.navigationController popToViewController:vc animated:NO];
}

or another view controller

score -1 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 18 '13 at 06:00

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- (void) goBack:(NSNotification *) notification 
{ 
   if(!self.YOrView.isHidden)
      self.YOrView.hidden = YES;
}

answered Apr 18 '13 at 06:00

Navigate Back to previous view controller

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