Return back to main view after hitting "Save"

[sarahhbabyyyy]

Hey Everyone,

So, I currently have a main view where a user selects the first cell, which leads him to view 2 (that i called by using pushViewController) and from there, the user selects another cell which leads him to view 3.

In view 3, I created a "Save" button on the navigation bar.

My question is: how do i return back to the main view after the user hits Save? Where the order of my views go like this:

Main view -> View 2 -> View 3 -> Main view

I tried using:

[[self navigationController] pushViewController:[MainViewController alloc] animated:YES];

but this just pushes the main view onto view 3, making it look like a subview with a back button.

Please, can someone tell me how to solve this?

Thanks,
Sarah

[Robert Paulson]

Hi Sarah and welcome to the forum!

If by "main view" you mean root view controller, you can use:

[self.navigationController popToRootViewControllerAnimated: YES];

"pushing" view controllers adds them to the stack and "popping" view controllers makes you jump back to view controllers further down the stack.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Bob



EDIT: On a side note...

[[self navigationController] pushViewController:[MainViewController alloc] animated:YES];

This is not how you should be pushing view controllers. The best practice is to create an instance of the view controller you want to push, then push it, and then release it. Like this:

MyViewController *myVC = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNibName: @"MyFirstView" bundle: nil];
[[self navigationController] pushViewController: myVC animated:YES];
[myVC release];

After you push the view controller onto the stack, the navigation controller will retain it for you and you can release it to avoid memory leaks.

[sarahhbabyyyy]

Thank you SO much! It worked

Sarah