iOS change view controller from the app delegate?

Question

Above is the storyboard for my chat app. What you'r not seeing to the left before the Navigation Controller is a simple login view. The Storyboard Segue identifier to the Navigation Controller is mainViewC .

What i want to do is to take the user to the Conv View Controller when a push notification is pressed.

This is what i've got so far:

// AppDelegate.h
@property (strong, nonatomic) ConvViewController *convViewController;

// AppDelegate.m
self.window.rootViewController = self.convViewController;

This takes me to the correct view but the view is black. Im guessing this has something to do with the Navigiation Controller not being loaded correctly..

Any ideas?

Answer 1

What you'll need to do is access the view controller from the story board. First go to the VC you wish to bring users to and give it a Storyboard ID. Then in your app delegate you would write.

self.window.rootViewController = [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"Main" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]] instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"identifier"];