Slideup inapp message causes status bar to go black

[ldiqual]

• I have checked Appboy's documentation and am still experiencing the issue.

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Describe your environment.

Info	Value
Platform Name	iOS
Platform Version	10.0
SDK Version	2.26.0
Integration Method	cocoapods
Xcode Version	8.2
Repro rate	100%

What did you do?

• Show an inapp slideup message

What did you expect to happen?

• Status bar remains the same color than the root view controller's since slideup inapp messages don't show any dimming view or don't really interact with the style of the root view controller.

What happened instead?

• Status bar went black

Steps to reproduce

• Send any inapp slideup message to yourself
• Ensure that you're looking at a view controller that has .lightContent as the preferred status bar style
• Status bar goes black

Code Snippet

N/A

Are you doing any feature customizations that may relate to the issue? Can you share the code snippet?

No

Project that demonstrates the issue

N/A

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[Wenzhi]

Hey @ldiqual,

Thanks for reporting the issue! Can I ask more questions for me to reproduce the issue?

• What's the Status Bar Style value in the project settings' General tab?
• What value do you set for View controller-based status bar appearance in your .plist file?
• Does the status bar's color change back to light after the in-app message is dismissed?

Appboy's in-app messages are displayed within Appboy's UIWindow, and we don't implement preferredStatusBarStyle in our in-app message view controllers, so all the in-app messages should display with the status bar style set in the project's "General" tab. Does your app change status bar based on view controller?

Thanks,
Wenzhi

[Wenzhi]

Hey @ldiqual,

Are there any updates regarding the issue? Do you need more help or other information? Please let us know!

Thanks,
Wenzhi

[ldiqual]

@Wenzhi Thanks for getting back to me!

1. Status bar style is Default in the general tab
2. UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance is true
3. Yes, the status bar reverts back to its original color after being dismissed

Does your app change status bar based on view controller?

Yes.

I'm not sure what the proper fix is here, but maybe you could save the previous status bar style from the key window before presenting appboy's, and then revert it when the window goes away. You could also special case that if you detect the UIViewControllerBasedStatusBarAppearance == true flag.

Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks!

[ldiqual]

@Wenzhi Any update on this?

[Wenzhi]

Hey @ldiqual,

Sorry for the delay! We are currently looking into the issue and trying to find the best way to fix this. We will provide more information ASAP.

Thanks,
Wenzhi

[sen-lu]

Hi @ldiqual,

Thank you for your patience here! We are planning to expose our header file for the in-app message window view controller in our next release. You can then create a category to override our window view controller's preferredStatusBarStyle depending on your app's internal UI logic.

We don't have a set release timeline yet, so if you need a solution sooner you can manually add ABKInAppMessageWindowController.h to your project to implement the category. Please let us know if this proposed solution works for you.

Best,
Tiff

[ldiqual]

@TiffanyLu Thanks for following up! I think that would work. Let me know when the change goes out and I'll give it a try. Thanks!

[sen-lu]

Hi @ldiqual,

We just released iOS SDK version 2.29.1, which publicizes ABKInAppMessageWindowController.h for customization. Thanks for raising up this issue!

Best,
Tiff

[camanjj]

I have run into this exact issue using an all swift (4.0) project. I have tried creating an extension, as an alternative to categories, but my overridden methods were not called. Is there another workaround that you can suggest without adding a category? @TiffanyLu