Going off this post which describes how to get the first window - has definitely helped me learned more about this spec, but it wasn't able to get me the solution I need. How to resolve: 'keyWindow' was deprecated in iOS 13.0
UIApplication.shared.windows.last works like a charm, on iOS 13, 14 and 15. However, it's depreciated in iOS 15 and I am adding an #available statement to make sure it works properly in the future, etc.
Moreover, this is my code and I cannot seem to achieve showing the view I am displaying on top of the UIKeyboard...
if #available(iOS 15.0, *) {
let scenes = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes.first as? UIWindowScene
let window = scenes?.windows.last
if let window = window {
layer.zPosition = CGFloat(MAXFLOAT)
frame = window.bounds
window.addSubview(self)
}
} else {
if let window = UIApplication.shared.windows.last {
///
layer.zPosition = CGFloat(Float.greatestFiniteMagnitude)
frame = window.bounds
window.addSubview(self)
}
}
To reiterate;
This code works on iOS 13 & iOS 15:
if let window = UIApplication.shared.windows.last {
layer.zPosition = CGFloat(Float.greatestFiniteMagnitude)
frame = window.bounds
window.addSubview(self)
}
This would be fine. However, as of iOS 15, UIApplication.shared.windows has been depreciated. The note in UIApplication.h states: 'Use UIWindowScene.windows on a relevant window scene instead.'
Moreover, this code does NOT work on iOS 15.0:
if #available(iOS 15.0, *) {
let scenes = UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes.first as? UIWindowScene
let window = scenes?.windows.last
if let window = window {
layer.zPosition = CGFloat(MAXFLOAT)
frame = window.bounds
window.addSubview(self)
}