push to another view controller without prepareForSegue

Question

How can you push to another view controller without prepareForSegue?

myClassVC *viewController = [myClassVC alloc];
UIStoryboardSegue *segue = [[UIStoryboardSegue alloc] initWithIdentifier:@"pushToMyVC" source:self destination:viewController];

if ([segue.identifier isEqualToString:@"pushToMyVC"]) {
 NSLog(@"logging");
 myClassVC *viewController = (myClassVC *)[segue destinationViewController];
 [self presentViewController:viewController animated:YES completion:nil];        
}

Answer 1

If you want to programmatically invoke a push segue, you give the segue a "storyboard id" in Interface Builder and then you can:

[self performSegueWithIdentifier:"pushToMyVC" sender:self];

Alternatively, if you don't want to perform the segue, you can instantiate the destination view controller and then manually push to that view controller. All you need to do is to make sure that the destination view controller has its own "storyboard id" in Interface Builder, then you can:

UIViewController *controller = [self.storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"DestinationController"];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];

You said "push" (and hence I used pushViewController above). If you really meant to "present a modal view controller", then that second line is:

[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];

As you can see, you don't have to use prepareForSegue to push to new scene. You only use prepareForSegue if you want to pass information to the destination view controller. Otherwise it is not needed.

Clearly, if you're not using storyboards (e.g., you're using NIBs), then the process is entirely different. But I assume you're not using NIBs because prepareForSegue is not applicable in that environment. But if you were using NIB, it would be as follows:

SecondViewController *controller = [[SecondViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"SecondViewController" bundle:nil];
[self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];