How to get visible viewController from app delegate when using storyboard?

Question

I have some viewControllers, and I don\'t use NavigationController. How can I get visible view controller in app delegate methods (e.g. appli

Answer 1

@aviatorken89's answer worked well for me. I had to translate it to Swift - for anybody starting out with Swift:

Updated for Swift 3:

func getVisibleViewController(_ rootViewController: UIViewController?) -> UIViewController? {

    var rootVC = rootViewController
    if rootVC == nil {
        rootVC = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController
    }

    if rootVC?.presentedViewController == nil {
        return rootVC
    }

    if let presented = rootVC?.presentedViewController {
        if presented.isKind(of: UINavigationController.self) {
            let navigationController = presented as! UINavigationController
            return navigationController.viewControllers.last!
        }

        if presented.isKind(of: UITabBarController.self) {
            let tabBarController = presented as! UITabBarController
            return tabBarController.selectedViewController!
        }

        return getVisibleViewController(presented)
    }
    return nil
}

Old answer:

func applicationWillResignActive(application: UIApplication) {
    let currentViewController = getVisibleViewController(nil)
}

func getVisibleViewController(var rootViewController: UIViewController?) -> UIViewController? {

    if rootViewController == nil {
        rootViewController = UIApplication.sharedApplication().keyWindow?.rootViewController
    }

    if rootViewController?.presentedViewController == nil {
        return rootViewController
    }

    if let presented = rootViewController?.presentedViewController {
        if presented.isKindOfClass(UINavigationController) {
            let navigationController = presented as! UINavigationController
            return navigationController.viewControllers.last!
        }

        if presented.isKindOfClass(UITabBarController) {
            let tabBarController = presented as! UITabBarController
            return tabBarController.selectedViewController!
        }

        return getVisibleViewController(presented)
    }
    return nil
}