Programmatically go back to previous ViewController in Swift

Question

I send the user over to a page on a button click. This page is a UITableViewController.

Now if the user taps on a cell, I would like to push him ba

Answer 1

Try this: for the previous view use this:

navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)  

pop to root use this code:

navigationController?.popToRootViewController(animated: true) 

Answer 2

This one works for me (Swift UI)

struct DetailView: View {
@Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode: Binding<PresentationMode>

  var body: some View {
      VStack {
        Text("This is the detail view")
        Button(action: {
          self.presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
        }) {
          Text("Back")
        }
      }
    }
}

Answer 3

for swift 3 you just need to write the following line of code

_ = navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)

Answer 4

Swift 3, Swift 4

if movetoroot { 
    navigationController?.popToRootViewController(animated: true)
} else {
    navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)
}

navigationController is optional because there might not be one.

Answer 5

Swift 4.0 Xcode 10.0 with a TabViewController as last view

If your last ViewController is embebed in a TabViewController the below code will send you to the root...

navigationController?.popToRootViewController(animated: true)
navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)

But If you really want to go back to the last view (That could be Tab1, Tab2 or Tab3 view..)you have to write the below code:

_ = self.navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)

This works for me, i was using a view after one of my TabView :)

Answer 6

swift 5 and above

case 1 : using with Navigation controller

self.navigationController?.popViewController(animated: true)

case 2 : using with present view controller

self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)