showMessageBox issue

General JUCE discussion
1

I have a settings component which is opened in a secondary window where a user can enter a license key. Now is I put showMessageBox in the constructor it shows fine however when I do it on a button press it bings like it’s opened but doesn’t display on desktop and controls become unresponsive because it’s expecting response from show message box.

If I do this in the main window e.g. setup a button to show message on click it’s all good below is my component. I’m curious as to what’s going on because the app feels and responds like a dialog message window has been opened but it doesn’t show.

#include "SettingsComponent.h"

SettingsComponent::SettingsComponent(std::shared_ptr<Assets> _assets)
	: assets(_assets),
	ctrlActivate(_assets),
	ctrlDeactivate(_assets)
{
	appTitle.setFont(Font(16));
	appTitle.setText("Summit Limiter", juce::NotificationType::dontSendNotification);
	addAndMakeVisible(appTitle);

	licenseTitle.setFont(Font(12));
	licenseTitle.setText("License Key", juce::NotificationType::dontSendNotification);
	addAndMakeVisible(licenseTitle);

	inputLicense.setColour(TextEditor::ColourIds::backgroundColourId, assets->PanelDark);
	inputLicense.setColour(TextEditor::ColourIds::outlineColourId, assets->PanelDark);
	inputLicense.setColour(TextEditor::ColourIds::focusedOutlineColourId, assets->PanelDark);
	inputLicense.setBorder(juce::BorderSize<int>(0));

	addAndMakeVisible(inputLicense);
	addAndMakeVisible(linkBtn);

	ctrlActivate.setValue("ACTIVATE");
	ctrlActivate.addButtonListener(this);
	addAndMakeVisible(ctrlActivate);

	ctrlDeactivate.setValue("DE-ACTIVATE");
	ctrlDeactivate.addButtonListener(this);
	addChildComponent(ctrlDeactivate);

	// This works
	NativeMessageBox::showMessageBox(AlertWindow::AlertIconType::InfoIcon
		, "This works"
		, "bla bla bla"
		, nullptr);
}

SettingsComponent::~SettingsComponent()
{
}

void SettingsComponent::update()
{
	if (assets->isTrial)
	{
		ctrlActivate.setVisible (true);
		inputLicense.setEnabled(true);
	}
	else
	{
		ctrlDeactivate.setVisible (true);
		inputLicense.setEnabled(false);
	}
}

void SettingsComponent::paint(Graphics& g)
{
	g.fillAll(assets->BackgroundClr);
}
void SettingsComponent::resized()
{
	auto r = getLocalBounds();
	r.reduce(20, 20);

	appTitle.setBounds(r.removeFromTop(16));
	r.removeFromTop(10);

	linkBtn.setBounds(r.removeFromTop(16));
	r.removeFromTop(10);

	licenseTitle.setBounds(r.removeFromTop(12));
	r.removeFromTop(10);
	 
	inputLicense.setBounds(r.removeFromTop(22));
	r.removeFromTop(2);

	auto btnRow = r.removeFromBottom(22);
	auto firstBtn = btnRow.removeFromLeft(100);
	ctrlActivate.setBounds(firstBtn);
	ctrlDeactivate.setBounds(firstBtn);
}

void SettingsComponent::settingsButtonPressed(Settings::Button* btn)
{
	if (btn == &ctrlActivate)
	{
		DBG("activate");
		bool response = assets->activateLicense(inputLicense.getText().trim());
		
		if (response)
		{
			assets->isTrial = false;
			DBG("success");

			NativeMessageBox::showMessageBox(AlertWindow::AlertIconType::InfoIcon
				, "Upgraded Successfully"
				, "You have successfully upgraded the application. Please restart to allow full changes to come into effect!"
				, nullptr);

			update();
		}
		else
		{
			DBG("false");
			NativeMessageBox::showMessageBox(AlertWindow::AlertIconType::WarningIcon
				, "Upgrade Failed"
				, "There was a problem with your license key. Please check and try again!"
				, nullptr);
		}

	}
	else if(btn == &ctrlDeactivate)
	{
		DBG("de-activate");
		assets->deactivateLicense();
		update();
	}
}
2

I’ve had this problem before, if a native message box gets covered by another application then you basically “lose” it. Clicking your main window will not raise it back to the top. Does your dialog show up if you use Alt+tab? Easiest workaround is to not use native dialogs.