How to present a modal atop the current view in Swift

Solution 1:

First, remove all explicit setting of modal presentation style in code and do the following:

In the storyboard set the ModalViewController's modalPresentation style to Over Current context

Check the checkboxes in the Root/Presenting ViewController - Provide Context and Define Context. They seem to be working even unchecked.

Solution 2:

You can try this code for Swift:

let popup : PopupVC = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("PopupVC") as! PopupVC
let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: popup)
navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.OverCurrentContext
self.presentViewController(navigationController, animated: true, completion: nil)

For swift 4 latest syntax using extension:

extension UIViewController {
    func presentOnRoot(`with` viewController : UIViewController){
        let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: viewController)
        navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.overCurrentContext
        self.present(navigationController, animated: false, completion: nil)
    }
}

How to use:

let popup : PopupVC = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("PopupVC") as! PopupVC
self.presentOnRoot(with: popup)

Solution 3:

The only problem I can see in your code is that you are using CurrentContext instead of OverCurrentContext.

So, replace this:

self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.CurrentContext
self.navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.CurrentContext

for this:

self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.OverCurrentContext
self.navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.OverCurrentContext

Solution 4:

This worked for me in Swift 5.0. Set the Storyboard Id in the identity inspector as "destinationVC".

@IBAction func buttonTapped(_ sender: Any) {
    let storyboard: UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: Bundle.main)
    let destVC = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "destinationVC") as! MyViewController

    destVC.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.overCurrentContext
    destVC.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyle.crossDissolve

    self.present(destVC, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Solution 5:

The problem with setting the modalPresentationStyle from code was that you should have set it in the init() method of the presented view controller, not the parent view controller.

From UIKit docs: "Defines the transition style that will be used for this view controller when it is presented modally. Set this property on the view controller to be presented, not the presenter. Defaults to UIModalTransitionStyleCoverVertical."

The viewDidLoad method will only be called after you already presented the view controller.

The second problem was that you should use UIModalPresentationStyle.overCurrentContext.