Confirm back button on UINavigationController

Question

I am using the storyboard for my app which is using UINavigationController. I would like to add a confirmation dialog to the default back button so

Answer 1

Try this solution:

protocol CustomNavigationViewControllerDelegate {
    func shouldPop() -> Bool
}

class CustomNavigationViewController: UINavigationController, UINavigationBarDelegate {
    var backDelegate: CustomNavigationViewControllerDelegate?

    func navigationBar(_ navigationBar: UINavigationBar, shouldPop item: UINavigationItem) -> Bool {
        return backDelegate?.shouldPop() ?? true
    }
}

class SecondViewController: UIViewController, CustomNavigationViewControllerDelegate {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        (self.navigationController as? CustomNavigationViewController)?.backDelegate = self
    }

    func shouldPop() -> Bool {
        if (needToShowAlert) {
            showExitAlert()
            return false

        } else {
            return true
        }
    }
}

I tested it on iOS 11 and iOS 13 and it works fine :)