UIApplication Obj-C category to add visibleViewControllers property

UIApplication+VisibleViewControllers.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface UIApplication (VisibleViewControllers)

@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSArray<__kindof UIViewController *> *visibleViewControllers;

@end

UIApplication+VisibleViewControllers.m

#import "UIApplication+VisibleViewControllers.h"
#import <objc/runtime.h>

@interface UIApplication ()

@property (nonatomic, readonly) NSPointerArray *visibleViewControllersPointers;

@end

@implementation UIApplication (VisibleViewControllers)

- (NSArray<__kindof UIViewController *> *)visibleViewControllers {
    return self.visibleViewControllersPointers.allObjects;
}

- (NSPointerArray *)visibleViewControllersPointers {
    NSPointerArray *pointers = objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(visibleViewControllersPointers));
    if (!pointers) {
        pointers = [NSPointerArray weakObjectsPointerArray];
        objc_setAssociatedObject(self, @selector(visibleViewControllersPointers), pointers, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
    }
    return pointers;
}

@end

@implementation UIViewController (UIApplication_VisibleViewControllers)

+ (void)swizzleMethodWithOriginalSelector:(SEL)originalSelector swizzledSelector:(SEL)swizzledSelector {
    Method originalMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(self, originalSelector);
    Method swizzledMethod = class_getInstanceMethod(self, swizzledSelector);
    BOOL didAddMethod = class_addMethod(self, originalSelector, method_getImplementation(swizzledMethod), method_getTypeEncoding(swizzledMethod));
    if (didAddMethod) {
        class_replaceMethod(self, swizzledSelector, method_getImplementation(originalMethod), method_getTypeEncoding(originalMethod));
    } else {
        method_exchangeImplementations(originalMethod, swizzledMethod);
    }
}

+ (void)load {
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        [self swizzleMethodWithOriginalSelector:@selector(viewDidAppear:)
                               swizzledSelector:@selector(uiapplication_visibleviewcontrollers_viewDidAppear:)];
        [self swizzleMethodWithOriginalSelector:@selector(viewDidDisappear:)
                               swizzledSelector:@selector(uiapplication_visibleviewcontrollers_viewDidDisappear:)];
    });
}

- (void)uiapplication_visibleviewcontrollers_viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication].visibleViewControllersPointers addPointer:(__bridge void * _Nullable)self];
    [self uiapplication_visibleviewcontrollers_viewDidAppear:animated];
}

- (void)uiapplication_visibleviewcontrollers_viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
    NSPointerArray *pointers = [UIApplication sharedApplication].visibleViewControllersPointers;
    for (int i = 0; i < pointers.count; i++) {
        UIViewController *viewController = [pointers pointerAtIndex:i];
        if ([viewController isEqual:self]) {
            [pointers removePointerAtIndex:i];
            break;
        }
    }
    [self uiapplication_visibleviewcontrollers_viewDidDisappear:animated];
}

@end