SwiftUI - How you can pop to specific view in SwiftUI?

Question

Is there some way to implement popToViewController(vc) equivalent in SwiftUI? For example if I have the following flow:

View1 -> View2 -> View3 -> View4

How can I pop from View4 directly to View2 considering that we do not have control over the navigation stack ?

Answer 1

As I'm doing R&D on some functionaities with SwiftUI. I'm facing issue with pop to specific view. After R&D I got something. You can use this for pop to specific view View.

1. First you've to create a extension for UINavigationController. check this below mentioned code

   import UIKit
   
   extension UINavigationController {
   
       func popToViewController(ofClass: AnyClass, animated: Bool = true) {
           if let vc = viewControllers.filter({$0.isKind(of: ofClass)}).last {
               popToViewController(vc, animated: animated)
           }
       }
   
       func popViewControllers(viewsToPop: Int, animated: Bool = true) {
           if viewControllers.count > viewsToPop {
               let vc = viewControllers[viewControllers.count - viewsToPop - 1]
               popToViewController(vc, animated: animated)
           }
       }
   
       func popBack<T: UIViewController>(toControllerType: T.Type) {
           if var viewControllers: [UIViewController] = self.navigationController?.viewControllers {
               viewControllers = viewControllers.reversed()
               for currentViewController in viewControllers {
                   if currentViewController .isKind(of: toControllerType) {
                       self.navigationController?.popToViewController(currentViewController, animated: true)
                       break
                   }
               }
           }
       }
   }
   

2. Get UINavigationController instance by using this code.

   let window = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
       .filter { $0.activationState == .foregroundActive }
       .map { $0 as? UIWindowScene }
       .compactMap { $0 }
       .first?.windows
       .filter { $0.isKeyWindow }
       .first
   let navigation = window?.rootViewController?.children.first as? UINavigationController
   

3. Once you get the UINavigationController instance you can easily pop to specific view using this code.

   navigation.popViewControllers(viewsToPop: 2)
   

Answer 2

Make it Simple!!

Add an extension to the UINavigationController

extension UINavigationController {
func popToViewController(ofClass: AnyClass, animated: Bool = true) {
  if let vc = viewControllers.last(where: { $0.isKind(of: ofClass) }) {
    popToViewController(vc, animated: animated)
  }
}

Add below code to go specific SwiftUI View. You have to mention SampleView place to your view.

navigationController.popToViewController(ofClass: HostingController<SampleView>.self)

That's it!

Answer 3

// Do not change, it must be same with NavigationBarTitle
enum ViewIdentifiers: String {
    case homeView = "Home"
    case detailView = "Detail Page"
}    

struct HomeView: View {

 var body: some View {
   VStack {
      NavigationLink {
          DetailView()
      } label: {
         Text("Go To Detail")
     }
   }
   .navigationBarTitle(ViewIdentifiers.homeView.rawValue, displayMode: .inline)
 }
}


struct DetailView: View {

 var body: some View {
   VStack {
       Text("Detail")
         .onTapGesture { UIApplication.shared.popToView(ViewIdentifiers.homeView) }
   }
   .navigationBarTitle("Detail Page", displayMode: .inline)
 }
}

extension UIApplication {

  var keyWindow: UIWindow? {
    return UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
        .filter { $0.activationState == .foregroundActive }
        .first(where: { $0 is UIWindowScene })
        .flatMap({ $0 as? UIWindowScene })?.windows
        .first(where: \.isKeyWindow)
  }
 

 func getNavigationController() -> UINavigationController? {
    guard let window = keyWindow else { return nil }
    guard let rootViewController = window.rootViewController else { return nil }
    guard let navigationController = findNavigationController(viewController: rootViewController) else { return nil }
    return navigationController
  }
  
  private func findNavigationController(viewController: UIViewController?) -> UINavigationController? {
    guard let viewController = viewController else {
        return nil
    }
    
    if let navigationController = viewController as? UINavigationController {
        return navigationController
    }
    
    for childViewController in viewController.children {
        return findNavigationController(viewController: childViewController)
    }
    
    return nil
 }

 func popToView(_ identifier: ViewIdentifiers) {
    guard let navigationController = getNavigationController() else {
        return
    }
    
    for vc in navigationController.children {
        if vc.navigationItem.title == identifier.rawValue {
            navigationController.popToViewController(vc, animated: true)
            break
        }
    }
  }

}