Swift 3 - Why is my Navigation Bar not showing?

Question

I have a simple app to test push notifications of a rest api. I would like to show the Navigation Bars in the App but it is not working. In my AppDelegate I have the following code:

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
    self.registerForPushNotifications()
    let url = "dev"
    UserDefaults.standard.setValue(FFHelper.url(slug: url.slug()), forKey: "api-url")
    var vcString = "loginView"
    if KeychainSwift().get("auth-token") != nil {
        vcString = "notificationsTable"
    }
    let initialVC = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: vcString)
    initialVC.navigationController?.navigationBar.isHidden = false
    initialVC.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated: true)
    window?.rootViewController = initialVC
    window?.makeKeyAndVisible()
    return true
}

In the Storyboard the navigation bar is enabled also: Lastly, in the viewController, I do the same thing:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated: animated)
    self.navigationController?.navigationBar.isHidden = false
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
}

But still after launching the app, the navigation bar ist not showing: Can someone please tell me why this is?

This storyboard identifier ** var vcString = "loginView" ** is set for navigationController or for ViewController ? — Surjeet Singh, Jul 31 '17 at 05:07
How stupid I was... thank you for the hint. That's already enough to point out my stupidity... :) — Thomson, Jul 31 '17 at 05:12
https://stackoverflow.com/a/35460043/6550949 has the best answer on this question — NickCoder, Mar 30 '19 at 09:56

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '17 at 05:09

You are showing vcString is your LoginVC ,

you need to use NavigationController identifier like loginView or

You need to embded in NavigationControler before show

let initialVC = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: vcString)

    let navi =  UINavigationController.init(rootViewController: initialVC)

and

  window?.rootViewController = navi

Swift 3 - Why is my Navigation Bar not showing?

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