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

have this extension

Swift 2.*

extension UIApplication {
    class func topViewController(controller: UIViewController? = UIApplication.sharedApplication().keyWindow?.rootViewController) -> UIViewController? {
        if let navigationController = controller as? UINavigationController {
            return topViewController(navigationController.visibleViewController)
        }
        if let tabController = controller as? UITabBarController {
            if let selected = tabController.selectedViewController {
                return topViewController(selected)
            }
        }
        if let presented = controller?.presentedViewController {
            return topViewController(presented)
        }
        return controller
    }
}

Swift 3

extension UIApplication {
    class func topViewController(controller: UIViewController? = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController) -> UIViewController? {
        if let navigationController = controller as? UINavigationController {
            return topViewController(controller: navigationController.visibleViewController)
        }
        if let tabController = controller as? UITabBarController {
            if let selected = tabController.selectedViewController {
                return topViewController(controller: selected)
            }
        }
        if let presented = controller?.presentedViewController {
            return topViewController(controller: presented)
        }
        return controller
    }
}

You can you use this anywhere on your controller

if let topController = UIApplication.topViewController() {

}

Answer 2

you can define a UIViewController variable in AppDelegate, and in every viewWillAppear set the variable to self.(however dianz answer is the best answer.)

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    let appDel = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as! AppDelegate
    appDel.currentVC = self
}

Answer 3

Based on Bob -c above:

Swift 3.0

extension UIWindow {


    func visibleViewController() -> UIViewController? {
        if let rootViewController: UIViewController  = self.rootViewController {
            return UIWindow.getVisibleViewControllerFrom(vc: rootViewController)
        }
        return nil
    }

    class func getVisibleViewControllerFrom(vc:UIViewController) -> UIViewController {

        if vc.isKind(of: UINavigationController.self) {

            let navigationController = vc as! UINavigationController
            return UIWindow.getVisibleViewControllerFrom( vc: navigationController.visibleViewController!)

        } else if vc.isKind(of: UITabBarController.self) {

            let tabBarController = vc as! UITabBarController
            return UIWindow.getVisibleViewControllerFrom(vc: tabBarController.selectedViewController!)

        } else {

            if let presentedViewController = vc.presentedViewController {

                return UIWindow.getVisibleViewControllerFrom(vc: presentedViewController)

            } else {

                return vc;
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

import UIKit

extension UIApplication {

    // MARK: Choose keyWindow as per your choice
    var currentWindow: UIWindow? {
        connectedScenes
        .filter({$0.activationState == .foregroundActive})
        .map({$0 as? UIWindowScene})
        .compactMap({$0})
        .first?.windows
        .filter({$0.isKeyWindow}).first
    }

    // MARK: Choose keyWindow as per your choice
    var keyWindow: UIWindow? {
        UIApplication.shared.windows.first { $0.isKeyWindow }
    }

    class func topMostViewController(base: UIViewController? = UIApplication.shared.currentWindow?.rootViewController) -> UIViewController? {

        if let nav = base as? UINavigationController {
            return topMostViewController(base: nav.visibleViewController)
        }

        if let tab = base as? UITabBarController {
            let moreNavigationController = tab.moreNavigationController

            if let top = moreNavigationController.topViewController, top.view.window != nil {
                return topMostViewController(base: top)
            } else if let selected = tab.selectedViewController {
                return topMostViewController(base: selected)
            }
        }
        if let presented = base?.presentedViewController {
            return topMostViewController(base: presented)
        }
        return base
    }
}

Answer 5

Use this code to find top most UIViewController

func getTopViewController() -> UIViewController? {
    var topController: UIViewController? = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController
    while topController?.presentedViewController != nil {
        topController = topController?.presentedViewController
    }
    return topController
}

Answer 6

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)