Disabling ViewController in Swift

Question

How would I disable a user from interacting with any elements in the view controller while downloading data for that view?

onStartParse()
fetchUserInfo()
onFinishedParse()

I have these 3 methods in my viewDidLoad. The fetchUserInfo() is the method which actually does the downloading from my database

Possible duplicate of Disabling user interaction of the current view on screen — Alexander Doloz
– Alexander Doloz, Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 17:16
You can set userInteractionEnabled to false when you stat downloading. When the download ends, set userInteractionEnabled back to true. Look at the linked duplicate if you would like to disable interaction temporarily in the entire app. — Sergey Kalinichenko
– Sergey Kalinichenko, Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 17:17
Possible duplicate of Disable User Interaction with a ViewController temporarily — EmilioPelaez
– EmilioPelaez, Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 17:18

Arun Shankar · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-25 19:05:39Z

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Write the below function on start downloading and on complete downloading in swift

func onStartDownloading(){
self.view.userInteractionEnabled = false

}

func onCompleteDownloading(){

self.view.userInteractionEnabled = true
}

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answered Apr 25, 2016 at 17:38

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I tried this but buttons are still pressable and bring about their respective actions

Do you have buttons on navigation bar or at TabBar , it is possible if the button are the part of superview?

None of the UIElements are being disabled, whether on the view or in the navigation bar