How to perform show segue from tab bar controller?

Question

I have a tab bar controller with 2 views attached, each embed in navigation controller. I've made a segue kind show from tab bar controller to another view controller with identifier "toNew". In one of the tab bar views I have a button which should trigger this segue with identifier "toNew". I tried DataDelegate but it doesn't work here.

It's this part of storyboard

This is view controller file for view controller attached in tab bar

import UIKit

protocol DataDelegate {
func sendData(data : String)
}

class NavContToNew: UIViewController , UITabBarDelegate {

var delegate : DataDelegate?
var data : String = "ToNew"

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}

override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

@IBAction func dismiss(_ sender: Any) {
    //self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    self.delegate?.sendData(data:self.data)
    print("Perform segue delegate")
}
}

And this is tab bar controller.swift file

import UIKit

class TabBarCont: UITabBarController , DataDelegate {


override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}

override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

func sendData(data: String) {
    if data == "ToNew" {
        print("Segue perform")
        self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "toNew", sender: self)
    }
}
}

Is the button in the purple view controller? If so, connect your segue to that VC and not the tab bar controller. You can also connect the button directly connect a segue to the next VC from the storyboard without any code. — realtimez
Thanks for your answer. I tried it but I want to exit navigation controller (not to have navigation bar) and present view controller in push mode. — Piotr Frackowski

E.Coms E.Coms · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-21T22:52:40

In you NavContToNew , you haven't assigned a delegate.

@IBAction func dismiss(_ sender: Any) {
            self.delegate = self.tabBarController as! TabBarCont
    //self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    self.delegate?.sendData(data:self.data)
    print("Perform segue delegate")
}

By the way , you don't need to use delegate. You can call your taBarController anywhere in its viewControllers. Here, you can call it in NavContToNew without using delegate.

self.tabBarController?.performSegue(withIdentifier: "toNew", sender: self.tabBarController)

How to perform show segue from tab bar controller?

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