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NeilHowarth
6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
SwiftyDropBox SwiftyDropbox.MobileSafariViewController not in the window hierarchy
Hi, I have developed an application in Xcode (macOS) for iOS and I have integrated the SwiftyDropBox API. I have followed all the instructions in the README, but when I make a call to open a link to ...
- 6 years ago
Hi,
I think you're right but not sure what I was doing wrong, the call is in my viewcontroller, however I tried
DropboxClientsManager.authorizeFromController(UIApplication.shared, controller: UIApplication.shared.keyWindow!.rootViewController!, openURL: { (url: URL) -> Void in UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil) })
i.e. using rootViewController instead of self and it worked.
Thanks for your response
Neil
Greg-DB wrote:When/where are you calling authorizeFromController?
This error message generally indicates that the authorization window can't be displayed because it relies on yourViewController, but theViewController wasn't in the window hierarchy (yet?) at time of the call. Perhaps your ViewController wasn't presented (or was already dimissed) at the time?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
When/where are you calling authorizeFromController?
This error message generally indicates that the authorization window can't be displayed because it relies on yourViewController, but theViewController wasn't in the window hierarchy (yet?) at time of the call. Perhaps your ViewController wasn't presented (or was already dimissed) at the time?
NeilHowarth
6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hi,
I think you're right but not sure what I was doing wrong, the call is in my viewcontroller, however I tried
DropboxClientsManager.authorizeFromController(UIApplication.shared, controller: UIApplication.shared.keyWindow!.rootViewController!, openURL: { (url: URL) -> Void in UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil) })
i.e. using rootViewController instead of self and it worked.
Thanks for your response
Neil
Greg-DB wrote:When/where are you calling authorizeFromController?
This error message generally indicates that the authorization window can't be displayed because it relies on yourViewController, but theViewController wasn't in the window hierarchy (yet?) at time of the call. Perhaps your ViewController wasn't presented (or was already dimissed) at the time?
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