How to identify previous view controller in navigation stack

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I have 2 seperate navigationcontrollers, one with RootViewController A and the other with RootViewController B.

I am able to push ViewController C onto either A or B's navigation stack.

Question: When I am in ViewController C, how can I find out if I am in the stack belonging to A or B?

17 Answers
- (UIViewController *)backViewController
{
    NSInteger myIndex = [self.navigationController.viewControllers indexOfObject:self];

    if ( myIndex != 0 && myIndex != NSNotFound ) {
        return [self.navigationController.viewControllers objectAtIndex:myIndex-1];
    } else {
        return nil;
    }
}

My extension, swift 3

extension UIViewController {
    var previousViewController: UIViewController? {
        guard let controllers = navigationController?.viewControllers, controllers.count > 1 else { return nil }
        switch controllers.count {
        case 2: return controllers.first
        default: return controllers.dropLast(2).first
        }
    }
}
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