Get to UIViewController from UIView?

Question

Is there a built-in way to get from a UIView to its UIViewController? I know you can get from UIViewController to its UIView via [self view] but I was wondering if there is a reverse reference?

Answer 1

I modified de answer so I can pass any view, button, label etc. to get it's parent UIViewController. Here is my code.

+(UIViewController *)viewController:(id)view {
    UIResponder *responder = view;
    while (![responder isKindOfClass:[UIViewController class]]) {
        responder = [responder nextResponder];
        if (nil == responder) {
            break;
        }
    }
    return (UIViewController *)responder;
}

Edit Swift 3 Version

class func viewController(_ view: UIView) -> UIViewController {
        var responder: UIResponder? = view
        while !(responder is UIViewController) {
            responder = responder?.next
            if nil == responder {
                break
            }
        }
        return (responder as? UIViewController)!
    }

Edit 2:- Swift Extention

extension UIView
{
    //Get Parent View Controller from any view
    func parentViewController() -> UIViewController {
        var responder: UIResponder? = self
        while !(responder is UIViewController) {
            responder = responder?.next
            if nil == responder {
                break
            }
        }
        return (responder as? UIViewController)!
    }
}