UIWindow not showing over content in iOS 13

Question

I am upgrading my app to use the new UIScene patterns as defined in iOS 13, however a critical part of the app has stopped working. I have been using a UI

Answer 1

As everyone else mentioned, the issue is that a strong reference to the window is required. So to make sure that this window is removed again after use, I encapsulated everything needed in it's own class..

Here's a little Swift 5 snippet:

class DebugCheatSheet {

    private var window: UIWindow?

    func present() {
        let vc = UIViewController()
        vc.view.backgroundColor = .clear

        window = UIWindow(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
        window?.rootViewController = vc
        window?.windowLevel = UIWindow.Level.alert + 1
        window?.makeKeyAndVisible()

        vc.present(sheet(), animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

    private func sheet() -> UIAlertController {
        let alert = UIAlertController.init(title: "Cheatsheet", message: nil, preferredStyle: .actionSheet)
        addAction(title: "Ok", style: .default, to: alert) {
            print("Alright...")
        }
        addAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel, to: alert) {
            print("Cancel")
        }
        return alert
    }

    private func addAction(title: String?, style: UIAlertAction.Style, to alert: UIAlertController, action: @escaping () -> ()) {
        let action = UIAlertAction.init(title: title, style: style) { [weak self] _ in
            action()
            alert.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
            self?.window = nil
        }
        alert.addAction(action)
    }
}

And here is how I use it.. It's from the lowest view controller in the whole apps view hierarchy, but could be used from anywhere else also:

private let cheatSheet = DebugCheatSheet()

override func motionEnded(_ motion: UIEvent.EventSubtype, with event: UIEvent?) {
    if motion == .motionShake {
        cheatSheet.present()
    }
}