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I have a sample view that I'd love to render as a modal window, similar to the Mail message compose window in iPadOS 15:

WindowGroup("general.status", id: "create") { authorView  }
    .handlesExternalEvents(matching: ["starlight://create"])
    .commands { TextEditingCommands() }

With this setup via handlesExternalEvents(matching:Set<String>), I can get a window to open using openURL with a custom identifier, and I can see the modal option in the multitasking menu. However, when opening this window, it still appears as a full-screen scene. I noticed that in "Take your iPad apps to the next level (WWDC21)", you can set a presentation style for a window in UIKit by setting the presentation style to UIWindowScene.PresentationStyle.prominent. However, I can't find anything equivalent to this in SwiftUI. Is there a way I can do this in SwiftUI, or call some UIKit code to set the WindowGroup (or the authorView) with that activation condition?

I've initially asked this on the developer forums at https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/700820 and both r/SwiftUI and r/iOSProgramming, but I'd like to cover my bases and ask here, too, if someone knows.

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  • why don't you just bind a `.sheet` to your topmost view and trigger it from somewhere? – ChrisR Feb 19 '22 at 09:51
  • I can use `.sheet` to trigger it like that, but then doing it this way prevents the user from dragging that window out into a separate view, which defeats the purpose of what I'm trying to achieve. – Marquis Kurt Feb 19 '22 at 17:49

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I've reached out to Apple via a TSI about this particular issue. As of the current release of SwiftUI, this isn't possible. They recommend I use the .sheet modifier instead and drop the split window capability. Otherwise, I can create a UISceneDelegate and use UIKit APIs directly:

let options = UIWindowScene.ActivationRequestOptions()
options.preferredPresentationStyle = .prominent
let userActivity = NSUserActivity(activityType: SecondSceneDelegate.sceneUserActivityType)
userActivity.targetContentIdentifier = SecondSceneDelegate.sceneUserActivityType

UIApplication.shared.requestSceneSessionActivation(nil,
    userActivity: userActivity,
    options: options,
    errorHandler: nil)
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