How to hide a navigation bar from first ViewController in Swift?

Question

How can I hide a navigation bar from first ViewController or a particular ViewController in swift?

I used the following code in viewDidLoad():

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true
}

and also on viewWillAppear:

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true
}

Both methods hide the navigation controller from all ViewControllers.

you need to manage it manually for all viewcontrollers.. you can't do it for any one.. — itsji10dra, Mar 23 '15 at 11:50

Rengers · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-30T20:52:22.070

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If you know that all other views should have the bar visible, you could use viewWillDisappear to set it to visible again.

In Swift:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: animated)
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated: animated)
}

edited Jan 30 '19 at 20:52

answered Mar 23 '15 at 11:57

Rengers

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This answer is more efficient . Think of the repetitive code with each new ViewController you add. http://stackoverflow.com/a/39679506/5079380 – Amr Eladawy Jan 09 '17 at 08:18

score 268 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 09 '17 at 09:46

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Swift 3

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)

    // Hide the navigation bar on the this view controller
    self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: animated)
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

    // Show the navigation bar on other view controllers
    self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated: animated)
}

edited Jan 09 '17 at 09:46

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answered Sep 24 '16 at 18:12

Michael Garito

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With overriding don't forget to call the super methods: super.viewWillAppear(animated) and super.viewWillDisappear(animated) – NielsKoole Oct 25 '16 at 12:38
Does it remove the link that says back? – Cons Bulaquena Jan 24 '18 at 07:36
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I was convinced that it would not work well with the "swipe back" on the visual level, but everything is fine. Thanks! – zalogatomek Feb 01 '18 at 11:15
Side note: `self.` not needed. – Tomasz Pe Feb 27 '18 at 08:43
On the swipe back, from the view with the navigation bar to the view with the hidden navigation bar, how do we reimplement the navigation bar fading? – T.Okahara Apr 23 '18 at 22:26
When I present modal on it from the bottom, the animation is showing the navigation bar with animation, and it's looks bad... – Radek Wilczak Oct 03 '19 at 06:59

Deepesh · Answer 3 · 2017-03-29T11:20:11.710

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You can unhide navigationController in viewWillDisappear

override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool)
{
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = false
}

Swift 3

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

    self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated: animated)
}

edited Mar 29 '17 at 11:20

answered Mar 23 '15 at 11:57

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score 27 · Answer 4 · edited May 15 '20 at 05:57

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You could also create an extension for this so you will be able to reuse the extension without implementing this again and again in every view controller.

import UIKit

extension UIViewController {
    func hideNavigationBar(animated: Bool){
        // Hide the navigation bar on the this view controller
        self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: animated)

    }

    func showNavigationBar(animated: Bool) {
        // Show the navigation bar on other view controllers
        self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated: animated)
    }

}

So you can use the extension methods as below

    override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(animated)
        hideNavigationBar(animated: animated)
    }

    override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
        showNavigationBar(animated: animated)
    }

edited May 15 '20 at 05:57

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answered Aug 17 '17 at 00:37

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Not really worth the extension, is it? :) – Joris Weimar Dec 09 '17 at 05:50
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Depends on how many views you are hiding/showing the nav bars. I feel like most cases you only hide the first one but if you do it a lot the extension is nice. – jnwagstaff Jan 22 '18 at 23:25
Definitely, it doesn't worth it. Don't invent something already exists. – Thafer Shahin Jun 07 '18 at 10:38

score 8 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 10 '17 at 23:24

In Swift 3, you can use isNavigationBarHidden Property also to show or hide navigation bar

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    // Hide the navigation bar for current view controller
    self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true;
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    // Show the navigation bar on other view controllers
   self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = false;
}

score 6 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 16 '18 at 12:38

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Ways to hide Navigation Bar in Swift:

self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: true)
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.isHidden = true
self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true

edited Nov 16 '18 at 12:38

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answered Nov 16 '18 at 12:18

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self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: true) worked for me – Nate Uni Jan 13 '19 at 03:42

score 5 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 26 '22 at 01:31

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Want to Hide the NavigationBar on the First ViewController

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
   self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true
}

Want to Show the NavigationBar on the Second ViewController

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
   self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = false
}

answered Aug 26 '22 at 01:31

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Best simplest solution! – Talha Safdar Mar 20 '23 at 20:09

score 3 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 16 '18 at 12:37

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Ways to show Navigation Bar in Swift:

self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated: true)
self.navigationController?.navigationBar.isHidden = false
self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = false

edited Nov 16 '18 at 12:37

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answered Nov 16 '18 at 12:22

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Wasim · Answer 9 · 2021-06-29T07:51:19.837

     private func setupView() {
            view.backgroundColor = .white
            navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: false)
        }

Alternative

in viewDidLoad use this settings

title = "Madman"
navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = false
navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = true
navigationItem.largeTitleDisplayMode = .always

Check the constraints of Collectionview, scrollview or tableView

 NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
            tableView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor),
            tableView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor),
            tableView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor),
            tableView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor)
        ])

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered May 13 '21 at 04:32

    /*.  Swift 5  */     
    let controller =  self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "sc_userNavigation") as! UserNavigationViewController
    let navigationController = UINavigationController(rootViewController: controller)
    navigationController.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: false)
    navigationController.modalPresentationStyle = .fullScreen
    self.present(navigationController, animated: false, completion: nil)

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered May 09 '18 at 12:59

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In IOS 8 do it like

navigationController?.hidesBarsOnTap = true

but only when it's part of a UINavigationController

make it false when you want it back

answered May 09 '18 at 12:59

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 09 '18 at 10:50

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I use a variant of the above, and isolate sections of my app to be embedded in differing NavControllers. This way, i don't have to reset visibility. Very useful in startup sequences, for example.

answered Jun 09 '18 at 10:50

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Oct 25 '19 at 14:00

Call the set hide method in view Will appear and Disappear. if you will not call the method in view will disappear with status false.It will hide the navigation bar in complete navigation hierarchy

 override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: true)
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(false, animated:true)
}

This is a copy/paste response. What is the difference between your response and the other 2 or 3 equal responses here?? — Starsky, Apr 13 '20 at 13:45

score -3 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 07 '17 at 10:07

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You can do it from the window controller (Swift3)

class WindowController: NSWindowController {

    override func windowDidLoad() {
        super.windowDidLoad()

        window?.titleVisibility = .hidden
    }
}

answered Jun 07 '17 at 10:07

Pedro Luz

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what is the Window Controller ? – MBH Jul 27 '17 at 09:51
This is for macOS, not iOS – Koen. Aug 27 '19 at 09:07

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