import UIKit

struct SideMenuListItem {
    var name:String
    var isSelected: Bool
    var notificationCount:Int
    var viewController:UIViewController
}

protocol SideMenuItemTappedDelegate:class {
    func itemTapped(item:SideMenuListItem,index:Int)
}

class SideMenuListVC: UIViewController {

    //MARK:- Outlets

    @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!

    //MARK:- Var

    weak var delegate : SideMenuItemTappedDelegate?

    //Please ignore repetition  `viewController`  this is just for testing
   private let menuItems = [SideMenuListItem(name: "Inbox", isSelected: false, notificationCount: 25,viewController:MapVC.viewController()),
                     SideMenuListItem(name: "Stats", isSelected: false, notificationCount: 0,viewController:PageContentViewController.viewController(pageData:PageData(title: "How to do", desc: "TEST STATS", image: UIImage(named: "Rectangle 2 copy")!))),
                     SideMenuListItem(name: "Calendar", isSelected: false, notificationCount: 12,viewController:MapVC.viewController()),
                     SideMenuListItem(name: "Map", isSelected: true, notificationCount: 0,viewController:MapVC.viewController()),
                     SideMenuListItem(name: "Settings", isSelected: false, notificationCount: 0,viewController:PageContentViewController.viewController(pageData:PageData(title: "How to do", desc: "TEST SETTINGS", image: UIImage(named: "Rectangle 2 copy")!)))]

    var getCurrentSelectedItem:SideMenuListItem? {
        return menuItems.first{$0.isSelected}
    }

    ...

import UIKit
import SideMenu

class SideMenuVC: UIViewController {

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    //MARK:- Memory Managment Methods

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    }


    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    //MARK:-  Custom Methdos

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    private func configureSideMenu() {
      AppGlobalManager.sharedManager.setupSideMenu()
       AppGlobalManager.sharedManager.leftMenuViewController.delegate = self

        if let vc =  AppGlobalManager.sharedManager.leftMenuViewController.getCurrentSelectedItem?.viewController {
          self.addChildVC(vc)
        }

    }

    private func addChildVC (_ vc:UIViewController) {
        self.addChild(vc)
        self.view.addSubview(vc.view)
        vc.view.frame = self.view.bounds
        vc.didMove(toParent: self)

    }

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    //MARK:- ViewLifeCycle Methods

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        self.configureSideMenu()
    }

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    }

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewDidDisappear(animated)
    }



}

import UIKit
import SideMenu
import Foundation

class AppGlobalManager: NSObject {

    static let sharedManager = AppGlobalManager()

   lazy var leftMenuViewController =   SideMenuListVC.viewController()

    public func setupSideMenu () {
        let sideMenu = UISideMenuNavigationController(rootViewController: leftMenuViewController)
        SideMenuManager.default.menuLeftNavigationController = sideMenu
        SideMenuManager.default.menuLeftNavigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = true
        SideMenuManager.default.menuWidth = UIScreen.main.bounds.width
        SideMenuManager.default.menuPresentMode = .menuDissolveIn
        SideMenuManager.default.menuFadeStatusBar = false

    }

}