When dismissing a modal view controller using dismissViewController
, there is the option to provide a completion block. Is there a similar equivalent for popViewController
?
The completion argument is quite handy. For instance, I can use it to hold off removing a row from a tableview until the modal is off screen, letting the user see the row animation. When returning from a pushed view controller, I would like the same opportunity.
I have tried placing popViewController
in an UIView
animation block, where I do have access to a completion block. However, this produces some unwanted side effects on the view being popped to.
If there is no such method available, what are some workarounds?
I know an answer has been accepted over two years ago, however this answer is incomplete.
There is no way to do what you're wanting out-of-the-box
This is technically correct because the UINavigationController
API doesn't offer any options for this. However by using the CoreAnimation framework it's possible to add a completion block to the underlying animation:
[CATransaction begin];
[CATransaction setCompletionBlock:^{
// handle completion here
}];
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
[CATransaction commit];
The completion block will be called as soon as the animation used by popViewControllerAnimated:
ends. This functionality has been available since iOS 4.