iOS 13: Swift - 'Set application root view controller programmatically' does not work

Question

I have following code in my AppDelegate.swift to setup root view controller for an iOS application. But it does not work. It follows Target structure (defined under General

Answer 1

Here's what work for both iOS 13.x and iOS 12.x and below

For iOS 13,In the Scene Delegate

func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) {
            guard let windowScene = (scene as? UIWindowScene) else { return }
            self.window = UIWindow(frame: windowScene.coordinateSpace.bounds)
           //Make sure to do this else you won't get 
           //the windowScene object using UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
            self.window?.windowScene = windowScene 
            let storyBoard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: storyBoardName, bundle: nil)
            window?.rootViewController = storyBoard.instantiateInitialViewController()
            window?.makeKeyAndVisible()
        }

In a utility class, I wrote below function to get the window object and assign it to the appdelegate.window. According to my needs, I needed to set root view controller at multiple places in different scenarios for which I needed the window object.

static func redirectToMainNavRVC(currentVC: UIViewController){
        let appDelegate = UIApplication.shared.delegate as! AppDelegate
        let vc = UIStoryboard(name: appDelegate.storyBoardName, bundle: nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "MainNavigationViewController") as! MainNavigationViewController
    if #available(iOS 13.0, *){
        if let scene = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes.first{
            guard let windowScene = (scene as? UIWindowScene) else { return }
            print(">>> windowScene: \(windowScene)")
            let window: UIWindow = UIWindow(frame: windowScene.coordinateSpace.bounds)
            window.windowScene = windowScene //Make sure to do this
            window.rootViewController = vc
            window.makeKeyAndVisible()
            appDelegate.window = window
        }
    } else {
        appDelegate.window?.rootViewController = vc
        appDelegate.window?.makeKeyAndVisible()
    }
}

This worked well for me. Hopefully, it works for others too.