[Presentation] Attempt to present UIAlertController on OverFullScreenModalViewController (from OverFullScreenModalViewController) whose view is not in the window hierarchy

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lighthouse-beacon-ios-01 OP

Created Apr ’22

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Hi,

I have a ViewController that presents another ViewController as a modal over full screen when a button is touched.

 let vc = UIStoryboard(name: "***", bundle: nil).instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "OverFullScreenModalViewController") as! OverFullScreenModalViewController
vc.modalPresentationStyle = .overFullScreen
vc.modalTransitionStyle = .crossDissolve
 
self.present(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)

Then, on my modal ViewController I have a button that, when touched, I want to present a confirmation alert

 @IBAction func handleDelete(_ sender: Any) {
        let negativeHandler:((Any) -> ()) = {(_) in
            //do nothing
        }
 
        let handler:((Any) -> ()) = {(_) in
            // Delete
        }
 
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Please confirm", message: "Are you sure?", preferredStyle: .alert)
            let positiveAction = UIAlertAction(title: "yes", style: .default, handler: handler)
            alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "no", style: .cancel, handler: negativeHandler))
            alert.addAction(positiveAction)
            alert.preferredAction = positiveAction
 
            self.present(alert, animated: true)
        }
}

But what happens is that the modal is dismissed and I get this error on the console:

[Presentation] Attempt to present <UIAlertController: 0x7ff78d37cc00> on <OverFullScreenModalViewController: 0x7ff792814200> (from <OverFullScreenModalViewController: 0x7ff792814200>) whose view is not in the window hierarchy.

I've tried with and without DispatchQueue.main.async, nothing is trying to be presented on viewDidLoad, viewWillAppear or viewDidAppear

Any ideas?

Answered by Claude31 in 711822022

You should make sure that alert is presented from its view hierarchy.

So, find the topMost VC in its hierarchy

     func getTopMostViewController() -> UIViewController? {
        var topMostViewController = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController
 
        while let presentedViewController = topMostViewController?.presentedViewController {
            topMostViewController = presentedViewController
        }
 
        return topMostViewController
    }

And present from it:

getTopMostViewController()?.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

Credit: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54209766/swift-4-attempt-to-present-viewcontroller-whose-view-is-not-in-the-window-hierar

Note: as keyWindow is now deprecated, you may have to replace

var topMostViewController = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController

by:

var topMostViewController = UIApplication.shared.windows[0].rootViewController

or

 let scenes = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
let windowScene = scenes.first as? UIWindowScene
guard let window = windowScene?.windows.first else { return nil }
var topMostViewController = window.rootViewController

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Claude31 OP

Apr ’22

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