touchesBegan is called in iOS 12 but is not called in iOS 13

Question

I have a touchesBegan method in my AppDelegate. I use it to detect taps in the status bar. I\'ve had it there for a long time and it\'s worked great. U

Answer 1

This is what I am doing, may not be great but only working solution so far. Happy to take improvements.

• Create TableViewController with contents larger than it's frame.
• On view will appear, Scroll to the end of table view.
• Set TableViewController's frame same as StatusBarFrame and add it to Window's root viewcontroller
• Inside scrollViewShouldScrollToTop handle ScrollToTop event and scroll to the end to get next events.
• On StatusBar frame change, Update TableViewController's frame.

This works works with SceneDelegate as well.

ScrollToTopViewController.swift

class ScrollToTopViewController: UITableViewController {

    private let numberOfRow = 2
    private let cellIdentifier = "empty"

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        tableView.allowsSelection = false
        tableView.separatorColor = .clear
        tableView.backgroundColor = .clear
        tableView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = false
        tableView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = false
        tableView.register(UITableViewCell.self, forCellReuseIdentifier: cellIdentifier)
        view.autoresizingMask = []
    }

    override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewDidAppear(animated)
        scrollToBottom()
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
        return view.frame.size.height
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        return numberOfRow
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellIdentifier) ?? UITableViewCell()
        cell.backgroundColor = .clear
        return cell
    }

    override func scrollViewShouldScrollToTop(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) -> Bool {
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1) {
            self.scrollToBottom()
        }
        print("HANDLE SCROLL TO TOP")
        return true
    }

    private func scrollToBottom() {
        tableView.scrollToRow(at: IndexPath(row: numberOfRow - 1, section: 0), at: .bottom, animated: false)
    }
}

AppDelegate.swift or equivalent SceneDelegate functions.

private let scrollToTopVC = ScrollToTopViewController()

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {

    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
                                           selector: #selector(updateScrollToTopVC),
                                           name: UIApplication.didChangeStatusBarFrameNotification,
                                           object: nil)
    return true
}

func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
    updateScrollToTopVC()
}

@objc
private func updateScrollToTopVC() {
    guard let viewController = window?.rootViewController else {
        return
    }
    let statusBarFrame: CGRect

    if #available(iOS 13.0, *) {
        statusBarFrame = UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.windowScene?.statusBarManager?.statusBarFrame ?? .zero
    } else {
        statusBarFrame = UIApplication.shared.statusBarFrame
    }
    scrollToTopVC.view.frame = statusBarFrame
    viewController.addChild(scrollToTopVC)
    viewController.view.addSubview(scrollToTopVC.view)
    scrollToTopVC.didMove(toParent: viewController)
}