I looked around documentation and other sources about this issue and found nothing. There are only a few solutions, based on using UIKit and UIViewControllerRepresentable. I tried to combine solutions from this question and I saved swipe back gesture even while replacing back button with other view. The code is still dirty a little, but I think that is the start point to go further (totally hide navigation bar, for example). So, here is how ContentView looks like:
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
SwipeBackNavController {
SwipeBackNavigationLink(destination: DetailViewWithCustomBackButton()) {
Text("Main view")
}
.navigationBarTitle("Standard SwiftUI nav view")
}
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.top)
}
}
// MARK: detail view with custom back button
struct DetailViewWithCustomBackButton: View {
@Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode
var body: some View {
Text("detail")
.navigationBarItems(leading: Button(action: {
self.dismissView()
}) {
HStack {
Image(systemName: "return")
Text("Back")
}
})
.navigationBarTitle("Detailed view")
}
private func dismissView() {
presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
}
}
Here is realization of SwipeBackNavController and SwipeBackNavigationLink which mimic NavigationView and NavigationLink. They are just wrappers for SwipeNavigationController's work. The last one is a subclass of UINavigationController, which can be customized for your needs:
import UIKit
import SwiftUI
struct SwipeBackNavController<Content: View>: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
let content: Content
public init(@ViewBuilder content: @escaping () -> Content) {
self.content = content()
}
func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> SwipeNavigationController {
let hostingController = UIHostingController(rootView: content)
let swipeBackNavController = SwipeNavigationController(rootViewController: hostingController)
return swipeBackNavController
}
func updateUIViewController(_ pageViewController: SwipeNavigationController, context: Context) {
}
}
struct SwipeBackNavigationLink<Destination: View, Label:View>: View {
var destination: Destination
var label: () -> Label
public init(destination: Destination, @ViewBuilder label: @escaping () -> Label) {
self.destination = destination
self.label = label
}
var body: some View {
Button(action: {
guard let window = UIApplication.shared.windows.first else { return }
guard let swipeBackNavController = window.rootViewController?.children.first as? SwipeNavigationController else { return }
swipeBackNavController.pushSwipeBackView(DetailViewWithCustomBackButton())
}, label: label)
}
}
final class SwipeNavigationController: UINavigationController {
// MARK: - Lifecycle
override init(rootViewController: UIViewController) {
super.init(rootViewController: rootViewController)
}
override init(nibName nibNameOrNil: String?, bundle nibBundleOrNil: Bundle?) {
super.init(nibName: nibNameOrNil, bundle: nibBundleOrNil)
delegate = self
}
required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)
delegate = self
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// This needs to be in here, not in init
interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.delegate = self
}
deinit {
delegate = nil
interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.delegate = nil
}
// MARK: - Overrides
override func pushViewController(_ viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
duringPushAnimation = true
setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: false)
super.pushViewController(viewController, animated: animated)
}
var duringPushAnimation = false
// MARK: - Custom Functions
func pushSwipeBackView<Content>(_ content: Content) where Content: View {
let hostingController = SwipeBackHostingController(rootView: content)
self.delegate = hostingController
self.pushViewController(hostingController, animated: true)
}
}
// MARK: - UINavigationControllerDelegate
extension SwipeNavigationController: UINavigationControllerDelegate {
func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, didShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
guard let swipeNavigationController = navigationController as? SwipeNavigationController else { return }
swipeNavigationController.duringPushAnimation = false
}
}
// MARK: - UIGestureRecognizerDelegate
extension SwipeNavigationController: UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
func gestureRecognizerShouldBegin(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
guard gestureRecognizer == interactivePopGestureRecognizer else {
return true // default value
}
// Disable pop gesture in two situations:
// 1) when the pop animation is in progress
// 2) when user swipes quickly a couple of times and animations don't have time to be performed
let result = viewControllers.count > 1 && duringPushAnimation == false
return result
}
}
// MARK: Hosting controller
class SwipeBackHostingController<Content: View>: UIHostingController<Content>, UINavigationControllerDelegate {
func navigationController(_ navigationController: UINavigationController, didShow viewController: UIViewController, animated: Bool) {
guard let swipeNavigationController = navigationController as? SwipeNavigationController else { return }
swipeNavigationController.duringPushAnimation = false
}
override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
guard let swipeNavigationController = navigationController as? SwipeNavigationController else { return }
swipeNavigationController.delegate = nil
}
}
This realization provides to save custom back button and swipe back gesture for now. I still don't like some moments, like how SwipeBackNavigationLink pushes view, so later I'll try to continue research.
