Using a Modal View from a TabBar View I always get the following error: Error from Debugger: Previous Frame identical to this frame (gdb could not unwind past this frame) I have an App using a TabBar. From one of the TabViews I need to display a View modally. I try: if(self.gmailController == nil) { self.gmailController = [[GMailViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"GMailView" bundle:nil]; } [[self.navigationController] presentModalViewController:gmailController animated:YES]; //////// And I have tried: [self.parentViewController presentModalViewController:gmailController animated:YES]; and [self.tabBarController presentModalViewController:gmailController animated:YES]; and [self presentModalViewController:gmailController animated:YES]; Thanks for reading! Any comments welcome. Mark