How present a UIAlert in a Skscene

Question

When presenting a UIAlert in SKScene nothing shows up Here is the code

 var alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Nothing Selected",
                                            message: "You have selected a picture.",
                                            preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.alert)
    alertController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "HI!", style: UIAlertActionStyle.cancel, handler: nil))
    self.view?.window?.rootViewController?.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Try this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39557344/swift-spritekit-how-to-present-alert-view-in-gamescene — Faysal Ahmed, Mar 23 '18 at 09:28
Possible duplicate of [Swift & SpriteKit - How to present alert view in GameScene](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39557344/swift-spritekit-how-to-present-alert-view-in-gamescene) — El Tomato, Mar 23 '18 at 09:37

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 14 '19 at 23:59

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From within the scene you need to present the Alert Controller at the root View Controller level.

if let vc = self.scene?.view?.window?.rootViewController {
    vc.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

answered Apr 14 '19 at 23:59

Chrispy

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 23 '18 at 09:36

Try to present from the top view controller returned by this extension (taken from this post):

extension UIApplication {

    class func topViewController(controller: UIViewController? = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.rootViewController) -> UIViewController? {
        if let navigationController = controller as? UINavigationController {
            return topViewController(controller: navigationController.visibleViewController)
        }
        if let tabController = controller as? UITabBarController {
            if let selected = tabController.selectedViewController {
                return topViewController(controller: selected)
            }
        }
        if let presented = controller?.presentedViewController {
            return topViewController(controller: presented)
        }
        return controller
    }

}

How present a UIAlert in a Skscene

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