Changing navigation bar color while popping view controller

Question

I have three view controllers. In the first view controller (FirstVC), the navigation bar\'s bar tint color is clearColor and the bar itself is translucent. When I click on

Answer 1

Came across this thread and came up with a nice solution to help all in the future.

Firstly create a custom UINavigationController with a type enum that will help define your navigation setups:

enum NavType: Int {
    case light, medium, dark
}

class NavigationController: UINavigationController {

    /* 
      Fetch the last controller in the navigation stack so the 
      ViewControllers can switch the navType
    */
    var previousController: ViewController? {
        if viewControllers.count > 1 {
            return viewControllers[viewControllers.count-2] as? ViewController
        }
        return nil
    }

    var navType: NavType = .light {
        didSet { updateNavType() }
    }

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        navigationBar.isTranslucent = false
        layoutNavigationTheme()
    }

    func layoutNavigationTheme() {
        switch navType {
        case .dark:
            view.backgroundColor = .white
            navigationBar.backgroundColor = .black
            navigationBar.barTintColor = .black
            navigationBar.tintColor = .white

        ... // Set up as per enum
        }
    }

}

Then create a custom UIViewController using the willMove(...:

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    var navType: NavType = .light

    var navigation: NavigationController? {
        return navigationController as? NavigationController
    }

    // Override willMove will fetch the last controller and set the navType
    override func willMove(toParentViewController parent: UIViewController?) {
        super.willMove(toParentViewController: parent)

        if let navigation = navigation {
            navigation.navType = navigation.previousController?.navType ?? .light
        }
    }

}

Then simply in your UIViewControllers, subclass your new ViewController and set the navType in the viewDidLoad:

class MainController: ViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        navType = .dark
    }

}