Question

I would like to set the initial viewcontroller from the appdelegate by using Swift.

Answer

Swift 2

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func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
    self.window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.mainScreen().bounds)

    let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)

    let initialViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("LoginSignupVC")

    self.window?.rootViewController = initialViewController
    self.window?.makeKeyAndVisible()

    return true
}

Swift 3

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func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
    self.window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)

    let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)

    let initialViewController = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "LoginSignupVC")

    self.window?.rootViewController = initialViewController
    self.window?.makeKeyAndVisible()

    return true
}

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