Get top most UIViewController

Question

I can\'t seem to get the top most UIViewController without access to a UINavigationController. Here is what I have so far:

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Answer 1

For Swift 5+, iOS 13+

extension UIViewController {
    static func topMostViewController() -> UIViewController? {
        if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
            let keyWindow = UIApplication.shared.windows.filter {$0.isKeyWindow}.first
            return keyWindow?.rootViewController?.topMostViewController()
        }
        
        return UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController?.topMostViewController()
    }
    
    func topMostViewController() -> UIViewController? {
        if let navigationController = self as? UINavigationController {
            return navigationController.topViewController?.topMostViewController()
        }
        else if let tabBarController = self as? UITabBarController {
            if let selectedViewController = tabBarController.selectedViewController {
                return selectedViewController.topMostViewController()
            }
            return tabBarController.topMostViewController()
        }
            
        else if let presentedViewController = self.presentedViewController {
            return presentedViewController.topMostViewController()
        }
        
        else {
            return self
        }
    }
}

Usage:

When you are getting topMostViewController without instance of UIViewController

guard let viewController = UIViewController.topMostViewController() else { return }
print(viewController)

When you are getting topMostViewController of instance of UIViewController

let yourVC = UIViewController()
guard let vc = yourVC.topMostViewController() else { return }
print(vc)