How can I get UINavigationController.pushViewController to push on a presented viewController

Question

• I have initialized UINavigationController - nc with VC0
• I am in VC0
• In VC0, I want to present a "VC1" bottom-to-top
• In VC0, [self.nc presentViewController:VC1]
• Now I am in VC1
• In VC1, I want to present VC2 right-to-left
• In VC1, I tried [self.nc pushViewController:VC2]
• But it does not work

How can I accomplish the above?

Answer 1

VC1 needs to be in its own UINavigationController. If you put a breakpoint at the point you try to call pushViewController:animated:, you'll notice that the navigation controller property on VC1 is nil.

When you present VC1 do this instead:

UINavigationController *navigationController = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:vc1];

[self.navigationController presentViewController:navigationController completion:nil];

You can then do your pushViewController:animated: call.