Segue Unwind back to the last specific View controller

Question

Is there a way to have one button unwind back to a specific view controller? For example suppose I have ViewController A and B. Both modally segue to ViewController C. Now I understand how to segue unwind back to one of the previous view controllers (As was explained here) but how do I go back to the specific view controller that presented VC C?

So to sum it up, what I'm trying to figure out is... If A segued to C then I want to unwind back to A when the button is selected. If B segued to C then I want to unwind back to B when the button is selected.

Answer 1

You should use the standard way to return from a modal segue. Put this in your 'back' button...

[[self presentingViewController] dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES];

This doesn't use the storyboard or a segue for the return, just code.

Answer 2

You could use the presentingViewController 'title' property to steer the unwind process to the desired originating ViewController. This solution would also allow you to pass data from your ViewController C to ViewControllers A and B.

1) Select the View Controller button (the yellow one) at the top of the storyboard canvas of ViewController A.

2) In the Attributes Inspector (View Controller section) give ViewController A a title.

3) Include the following code in ViewController A:

@IBAction func returned(segue: UIStoryboardSegue) {
   // Don't need any code here 
}

4) Repeat steps 1, 2 and 3 for ViewController B.

5) Override the prepareForSegue function in ViewController C as follows:

override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {   
    if self.presentingViewController!.title! == "ViewControllerATitle" {
        let destination = segue.destinationViewController as! ViewControllerA
        destination.someFunction(someArgument)
    } 
    else if self.presentingViewController!.title! == "ViewControllerBTitle" {
        let destination = segue.destinationViewController as! ViewControllerB
        destination.someFunction(someArgument)
    }
}