SwiftUI go back programmatically from representable to View

Question

I'm trying to setup a qr reader within a new swift ui app.

I can get load the UIKit qr reader view with this line

NavigationLink(destination: QRCodeScan()){Text("Scan QR")}

This is my ViewControllerRepresentable

struct QRCodeScan: UIViewControllerRepresentable {

func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {
    Coordinator(self)
}

func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> ScannerViewController {
    let vc = ScannerViewController()
    vc.delegate = context.coordinator
    return vc
}

func updateUIViewController(_ vc: ScannerViewController, context: Context) {
}

class Coordinator: NSObject, QRCodeScannerDelegate {
    func codeDidFind(_ code: String) {
        print(code)
        //Go back to the last page, take 'code' with you
    }

    var parent: QRCodeScan

    init(_ parent: QRCodeScan) {
        self.parent = parent
    }
}

}

At the line 'Go back to the last page...' I need to programmatically return to the page which sent the user to the qr scanner. The page loads with a navigation back button, I pretty much need to replicate this buttons behaviour to call when I need

Any help/pointers appreciated

tia

Answer 1

The short answer is you can't do that right now. There is neither a binding nor an environment value to set that can trigger this. My guess is there will be some kind of environment value akin to presentationMode that you can tap into but it isn't currently advertised.

You could try the current presentationMode but my real suggestion is to present your QR scanner as a sheet rather than a push. This may actually make more sense from a navigational standpoint anyway. To do it this way, in your presenter set up a @State var to handle when it's presented.

@State var presentQRScanner = false

var body: some View {
    Button("Scan") {
        self.presentQRScanner = true
    }
    .sheet(isPresented: $presentQRScanner) { QRCodeScan() }
}

Then, when you want to programmatically dismiss, your UIViewControllerRepresentable:

@Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode: Binding<PresentationMode>

func scannedCode() {
    presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
}

Alternatively, you can drive this from the presenter too by creating a closure on the QRCodeScan that gets invoked with the code and you have your presenter dismiss.

var onCodeScanned: (Code) -> Void = { _ in }

func scannedCode() {
    onCodeScanned(code)
}

and in the presenter:

var body: some View {
    Button("Scan") {
        self.presentQRScanner = true
    }
    .sheet(isPresented: $presentQRScanner) { 
        QRCodeScan(onCodeScanned: { 
            self.process($0)
            self.presentQRScanner = false
        })
    }
}

EDIT: was not aware of the isActive binding, that should actually work for you if you still want to push your view on the nav stack instead of present it.