Child coordinators notify their parent upon -start and -stop.

ios/clean/chrome/browser/browser_coordinator+internal.h

 // Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // ======                        New Architecture                         =====
 // =         This code is only used in the new iOS Chrome architecture.       =
 // ============================================================================
 
 #ifndef IOS_CHROME_BROWSER_BROWSER_COORDINATOR_INTERNAL_H_
 #define IOS_CHROME_BROWSER_BROWSER_COORDINATOR_INTERNAL_H_
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 // Adds |coordinator| as a child, taking ownership of it, setting the receiver's
 // viewController (if any) as the child's baseViewController, and setting
 // the receiver's |browser| as the child's |browser|.
 - (void)addChildCoordinator:(BrowserCoordinator*)coordinator;
 
 // Removes |coordinator| as a child, relinquishing ownership of it. If
 // |coordinator| isn't a child of the receiver, this method does nothing.
 - (void)removeChildCoordinator:(BrowserCoordinator*)coordinator;
 
+// Called when a child coordinator did start. This is a blank template method.
+// Subclasses can override this method when they need to know when their
+// children start.
+- (void)childCoordinatorDidStart:(BrowserCoordinator*)childCoordinator;
+
+// Called when a child coordinator will stop. This is a blank template method.
+// Subclasses can override this method when they need to know when their
+// children start.
+- (void)childCoordinatorWillStop:(BrowserCoordinator*)childCoordinator;
+
 // Methods for adding overlay coordinators.
 
 // Returns YES if the receiver will take |overlayCoordinator| as a child.
 // The default is to return YES only if the receiver has no children, if
 // the receiver has a nil -overlayCoordinator, and if |overlayCoordinator|
 // is not already overlaying.
 - (BOOL)canAddOverlayCoordinator:(BrowserCoordinator*)overlayCoordinator;
 
 // Adds |overlayCoordinator| as a child to the receiver, or if it cannot be
 // added, recursively add it to the receiver's child. If a receiver has
 // multiple children and returns YES from -canAddOverlayCoordinator:, it
 // must override this method to determines how the overlay is added.
 // If neither the receiver or any child can add |overlayCoordinator|, then
 // nothing happens.
 - (void)addOverlayCoordinator:(BrowserCoordinator*)overlayCoordinator;
 
 // Removes the current overlay coordinator (if any) as a child from its
 // parent.
 - (void)removeOverlayCoordinator;
 
 @end
 
 #endif  // IOS_CHROME_BROWSER_BROWSER_COORDINATOR_INTERNAL_H_