How to disable back swipe gesture in UINavigationController on iOS 7

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ArtFeel picture ArtFeel · Jun 20, 2013 · Viewed 150.5k times · Source

In iOS 7 Apple added a new default navigation behavior. You can swipe from the left edge of the screen to go back on the navigation stack. But in my app, this behavior conflicts with my custom left menu. So, is it possible to disable this new gesture in UINavigationController?

Answer

ArtFeel picture ArtFeel · Jun 20, 2013

I found a solution:

Objective-C: 

if ([self.navigationController respondsToSelector:@selector(interactivePopGestureRecognizer)]) {
    self.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = NO;
}

Swift 3+:
self.navigationController?.interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.isEnabled = false

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