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

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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?

Swift
UIKit

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Answer 1

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

Posted by

Claude31

Hi! Thanks for the response! I did that but the ViewController I'm presenting over the full screen (OverFullScreenModalViewController) dismisses before presenting the UIAlertController =/ which is not the desired behavior

—
lighthouse-beacon-ios-01
Oh no, my bad, I figured out why it was dismissing. Yep! this worked out perfectly! Thanks!

—
lighthouse-beacon-ios-01

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Answer 2

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

Posted by

Claude31

Hi! Thanks for the response! I did that but the ViewController I'm presenting over the full screen (OverFullScreenModalViewController) dismisses before presenting the UIAlertController =/ which is not the desired behavior

—
lighthouse-beacon-ios-01
Oh no, my bad, I figured out why it was dismissing. Yep! this worked out perfectly! Thanks!

—
lighthouse-beacon-ios-01

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