Problems with UIViewController Lifecycle Methods and Modal Presentation in Objective-C
I've been banging my head against this for hours. I'm building a feature where I'm working with a strange scenario with modal presentations in my Objective-C app that relies on `UIViewController`. When I present a modal view controller, I expect the `viewWillAppear:` method of the presenting view controller to be called, but it isn't in some cases. I am using Xcode 14.1 and targeting iOS 16.0. Here’s the relevant code snippet for presenting the view controller: ```objective-c - (void)presentModalView { UIViewController *modalVC = [[ModalViewController alloc] init]; modalVC.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFullScreen; [self presentViewController:modalVC animated:YES completion:nil]; } ``` In my `viewWillAppear:` method, I'm logging a message to see if it gets called: ```objective-c - (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated { [super viewWillAppear:animated]; NSLog(@"Presenting view will appear"); } ``` However, when I dismiss the modal view using `dismissViewControllerAnimated:completion:`, the log message doesn't appear consistently. I’ve checked that the modal view is indeed dismissed properly, and I'm using the delegate pattern to notify the presenting view controller when the modal view is dismissed. Here’s how I dismiss it: ```objective-c - (void)dismissModal { [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil]; } ``` I also tried calling `viewWillAppear:` manually after dismissing, but that feels wrong and doesn't seem to help. The scenario seems to occur only when I switch between different modal presentations, and I suspect it might be related to the lifecycle of the view controllers. Has anyone experienced similar behavior, or does anyone know what could cause `viewWillAppear:` to not be triggered in this scenario? Any guidance would be appreciated! Thanks in advance! I'm working with Objective-C in a Docker container on Ubuntu 22.04. How would you solve this? This is my first time working with Objective-C 3.11.