QIOSMessageDialog::exec - work around 'windowsless' exec

While the need for such scenario is arguable, we can imagine that some app
first shows some message box (by calling QDialog::exec()), and then creates and shows
the main UI/window/widget. Without such a widget, app's keyWindow is nil,
its rootViewController is also nil and no alert is presented at all.
To save the situation, we try hard and check the primary screen's uiWindow
(using QIOSScreen::uiWindow) searching for any window and using its root
view controller.

Pick-to: 6.4 6.2 5.15
Fixes: QTBUG-79977
Change-Id: I9bf38bdf540f1f1dbe42b86df94d6a1b4694e9f2
Reviewed-by: Tor Arne Vestbø <tor.arne.vestbo@qt.io>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiosmessagedialog.mm b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiosmessagedialog.mm
index fd14e699e0..1ac1bd0b97 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiosmessagedialog.mm
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/ios/qiosmessagedialog.mm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "qiosglobal.h"
 #include "quiview.h"
+#include "qiosscreen.h"
 #include "qiosmessagedialog.h"
 
 using namespace Qt::StringLiterals;
@@ -113,6 +114,25 @@ bool QIOSMessageDialog::show(Qt::WindowFlags windowFlags, Qt::WindowModality win
     }
 
     UIWindow *window = parent ? reinterpret_cast<UIView *>(parent->winId()).window : qt_apple_sharedApplication().keyWindow;
+    if (!window) {
+        qCDebug(lcQpaWindow, "Attempting to exec a dialog without any window/widget visible.");
+
+        auto *primaryScreen = static_cast<QIOSScreen*>(QGuiApplication::primaryScreen()->handle());
+        Q_ASSERT(primaryScreen);
+
+        window = primaryScreen->uiWindow();
+        if (window.hidden) {
+            // With a window hidden, an attempt to present view controller
+            // below fails with a warning, that a view "is not a part of
+            // any view hierarchy". The UIWindow is initially hidden,
+            // as unhiding it is what hides the splash screen.
+            window.hidden = NO;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!window)
+        return false;
+
     [window.rootViewController presentViewController:m_alertController animated:YES completion:nil];
     return true;
 }