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
– itsji10dra, Commented Mar 23, 2015 at 11:50

Rengers · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-30 20:52:22Z

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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, 2019 at 20:52

answered Mar 23, 2015 at 11:57

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Amr Eladawy Over a year ago

This answer is more efficient . Think of the repetitive code with each new ViewController you add. stackoverflow.com/a/39679506/5079380

Amr Eladawy · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-09 09:46:01Z

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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 9, 2017 at 9:46

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NielsKoole Over a year ago

With overriding don't forget to call the super methods: super.viewWillAppear(animated) and super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

Cons Bulaquena Over a year ago

Does it remove the link that says back?

zalogatomek Over a year ago

I was convinced that it would not work well with the "swipe back" on the visual level, but everything is fine. Thanks!

Tomasz Pe Over a year ago

Side note: self. not needed.

T.Okahara Over a year ago

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?

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Deepesh · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-29 11:20:11Z

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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, 2017 at 11:20

answered Mar 23, 2015 at 11:57

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-15 05:57:06Z

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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, 2020 at 5:57

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Joris Weimar Over a year ago

Not really worth the extension, is it? :)

jnwagstaff Over a year ago

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.

Thafer Shahin Over a year ago

Definitely, it doesn't worth it. Don't invent something already exists.

Matt Clark · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-10 23:24:51Z

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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;
}

edited Feb 10, 2017 at 23:24

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Eric Aya · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-16 12:38:02Z

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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, 2018 at 12:38

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Nate Uni Over a year ago

self.navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: true) worked for me

Chithian · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-26 01:31:12Z

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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, 2022 at 1:31

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Talha Safdar Over a year ago

Best simplest solution!

Eric Aya · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-16 12:37:36Z

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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, 2018 at 12:37

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answered Nov 16, 2018 at 12:22

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Wasim · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-29 07:51:19Z

     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)
        ])

Mirza Q Ali · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-13 04:32:28Z

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    /*.  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)

answered May 13, 2021 at 4:32

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Zar E Ahmer · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-09 12:59:31Z

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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 9, 2018 at 12:59

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drew.. · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-09 10:50:25Z

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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 9, 2018 at 10:50

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Talha Rasool · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-25 14:00:09Z

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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)
}

answered Oct 25, 2019 at 14:00

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Starsky Over a year ago

This is a copy/paste response. What is the difference between your response and the other 2 or 3 equal responses here??

Pedro Luz · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-07 10:07:43Z

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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 7, 2017 at 10:07

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MBH Over a year ago

what is the Window Controller ?

Koen. Over a year ago

This is for macOS, not iOS

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