My intention is to either display the SKStoreReviewController (If applicable) or display my own feedback controller and redirect the user to the App Store. By doing this I can avoid asking the user for feedback more than once.
After reading Apple's lacking documentation on SKStoreReviewController (https://developer.apple.com/reference/storekit/skstorereviewcontroller) it seems that there is no way to determine if SKStoreReviewController is currently presented or has been presented previously.
I understand that I could potentially store the display frequency in NSUserDefaults, but I would prefer to avoid doing so.
Here is how I detect if it has been presented.
private static func checkIfShownSKStoreReviewController(_ iteration: Int, originalWindowCount: Int) {
let windows = UIApplication.shared.windows
if windows.count > originalWindowCount {
let window = windows[1]
if window.className == "UITextEffectsWindow" || window.className == "UIRemoteKeyboardWindow" {
print("Shown SKVC iteration: \(iteration)")
//Do logic stuff like saving to your database
return
}
}
if iteration > 2000 {
print("checkIfShownSKStoreReviewController: timeout, bailing \(iteration)")
return
}
runThisAfterDelay(seconds: 0.02, after: {
checkIfShownSKStoreReviewController(iteration + 1, originalWindowCount: originalWindowCount)
})
}
private static func runThisAfterDelay(seconds seconds: Double, after: () -> ()) {
let time = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, Int64(seconds * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC)))
dispatch_after(time, dispatch_get_main_queue(), after)
}
static func showReview() {
print("Showing AppStore Review")
if #available(iOS 10.3, *) {
SKStoreReviewController.requestReview()
checkIfShownSKStoreReviewController(0, originalWindowCount: UIApplication.shared.windows.count)
}
}
Actually It depends on the Hierarchy you have. If you are using one navigationController
for (vc in self.navigationController.viewControllers) {
if (vc isKindOfClass(SKStoreReviewController)){
//Means it is present
}
}