MFMessageComposeViewController does not show message body

Question

I have implemented the send message from my app using MFMessageComposeViewController.

When the app loads the message view controller I get only the message recipient and a cancel button and no message body or Send button.

I do add the message recipient and message body before initializing the MFMessageComposeViewController.

Now when I touch on the recipient list, then Message body and Send button pops up.

Can I ensure that the message body and Send button shows up at the same time as Message recipients and the cancel button.

The code is as follows:

Button on click of which action is triggered.

@IBAction func sendMessage(sender: AnyObject) {
    if (self.canSendText()) {
        let messageComposeVC = self.configuredMessageComposeViewController()
        presentViewController(messageComposeVC, animated: true, completion: nil)
    } else {
        // Code to send error message
    }
}

Code to verify if message can be sent

func canSendText() -> Bool {
    return MFMessageComposeViewController.canSendText()
}

Code to compose the View Controller

func configuredMessageComposeViewController() -> MFMessageComposeViewController {
    let messageComposeVC = MFMessageComposeViewController()
    messageComposeVC.messageComposeDelegate = self  
    messageComposeVC.recipients = [SomeVariable]
    messageComposeVC.body = SomeText.text!
    return messageComposeVC
}

Here is how it looks like when the MFMessageComposeViewcontroller looks like for the first time.

Update your question with relevant code showing how you create, prepare, and display the message composer. — rmaddy, Apr 12 '16 at 02:59
Have you verified that `SomeText` and `SomeText.text` are not `nil`? — rmaddy, Apr 12 '16 at 04:43
Yes. When I click on recipients, the Message body and Send button shows up which has the required text. — Anhad S Bhasin, Apr 12 '16 at 04:45
@ParvendraSingh I checked on real device only and it gives me that weird error. Let me know if I can try something else. — Anhad S Bhasin, Apr 13 '16 at 00:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '16 at 06:10

So, I just deleted the whole thing and tried to create a new Scene and a new View controller from scratch. And it solved the problem. I ultimately used the same steps and same code as mentioned below in official Apple page.

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MessageUI/Reference/MFMessageComposeViewController_class/

MFMessageComposeViewController does not show message body

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