Burger menu does not load when opening viewcontroller from push - swift

Question

I have an app which currently uses push notifications and we have started trying to open specific pages of the app from JSON pushes.
This is the code for one of possible pages to open:
//Extract the notification data
if let notificationPayload = launchOptions?[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey] as? NSDictionary {
// Get which page to open
let viewload = notificationPayload["view"] as? NSString
let storyBoard : UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle:nil)
//Load correct view
if viewload == "videos" {
let mainStoryboard : UIStoryboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let initialViewController : UIViewController = mainStoryboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("Videos") as! UIViewController
self.window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds)
self.window?.rootViewController = initialViewController
self.window?.makeKeyAndVisible()
}
}
The problem is that doing this skips the viewcontroller that allows the burger menu to be opened at the side.
Is there a way to open the burger menu controller and load the correct view from the push?
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Answer 1

You generally shouldn't be creating a new window and setting the root view controller. At least not if you don't make the root view controller the true root VC for your app and ask it to display your specific content from the push.
Generally your root VC should understand that there may be a need to show a particular VC (from a push or somewhere else) and offer the app delegate a way to do that. That may be achieved by forwarding the request until some VC can handle it, it may be simply pushing it onto a navigation controller, it may be posting a notification, or it may be presenting a modal.
There are many potential options, you need to decide which is correct for your app, but the important part is that it ties in with your existing view hierarchy rather than replacing it.