How to access a IBAction from a SKView? - objective-c

Question

I am making a little game with few mini games. On the 1.VC I have UIButtons inside a scrollView to choose the mini game. When the miniGame is loaded (a UIVC) it loads a SKView with the chosen SKScene game.
This is my App view Setup:
1.
UIViewController -> 1.1. ScrollView -> 1.1.1. UIButton -> 1.1.1.1. UIViewController -> 1.1.1.1.1. SKView -> 1.1.1.1.1.1. SKScene (the 1. mini game).
In the 1.1.1.1. VC I have a backButton (UIButton) which returns me back to the 1.VC.
Since I added the backButton in 1.1.1.1.VC I can always return at any moment in the first mini game to 1.VC.
PROBLEM:
The only way to go back from 1.1.1.1. (or any deeper) to 1. is by clicking the UIButton. I want to go back programmatically. When the endGameVC (a SKScene) is presented I want it to "seque" or "present" back to the 1.VC automatically (using a NSTimer).
So far I have tried:
1.
[self.view removeFromSuperview];
Result:
Black Screen - cant do anything from here
2.
[self.view presentScene:nil];
Result:Gray screen - I removed the skview and could go back with the button click
3.
[self.view removeFromSuperview];
[self.view addSubview:[[WBMGamesDataManager sharedInstance] tempy]];
Result:
-[WBMMainVC superview]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x9ac4c30
2014-04-04 11:54:06.317 KinderApp[1940:60b] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[WBMMainVC superview]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x9ac4c30'
... other stuff that I tried didn't get me anywhere.
Any idea or solution is welcome. If you know what I am doing wrong, or if the whole approach is fishy I am open for comments/critics. Thank you :).

Answer 1

I am assuming you are using segues on way of doing this is by popping the current view controller
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
but for this to work you need to call it from the UIViewController that hosts the SKView so depending on where you need to go back programatically, pass a reference of the UIViewController to that desired view, and create a method that will simply invoke the above line
/////in UIViewController
-(void)popIt{
[self.navigationController popViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}
////in the view where you want to simulate the back method
[referenceToVC popIt];
hope this helps, feel free to ask if you anything is unclear.

Answer 2

Found the solution:
In my:
#implementation MiniGameConcept
which is a SKScene I have put the following line of code at the place where I used my timer/counter where I needed the game to end:
[self.view.window.rootViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
This leads me to the 1. VC which is my main screen where the player can choose the mini game set.
It worked for me. I also found a way to go one step back, but this basically gets me to the rootVC. Console output with NSLog shows the VC name.