fix: update how toastWindow is obtained

example/src/App.tsx

@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ export default function App() {
         style={{ backgroundColor: 'white' }}
       >
         <View style={styles.container}>
+          <Button
+            title={'simple toast'}
+            onPress={() => {
+              Toast.show('This is a toast.', Toast.SHORT);
+            }}
+          />
           <Button
             onPress={() => {
               setModalVisible(true);
@@ -59,15 +65,10 @@ export default function App() {
                 );
               }, 500);
             }}
-            title="Show Modal"
+            title="toast on top of Modal"
           />
           {/*<Text>{JSON.stringify(Toast, null, 2)}</Text>*/}
-          <Button
-            title={'simple toast'}
-            onPress={() => {
-              Toast.show('This is a toast.', Toast.SHORT);
-            }}
-          />
+
           <Button
             title={'styled toast'}
             onPress={() => {
@@ -94,7 +95,11 @@ export default function App() {
             onPress={() => {
               Alert.alert('this is an alert');
               setTimeout(() => {
-                Toast.showWithGravity('This is an alert toast.', 5, Toast.TOP);
+                Toast.showWithGravity(
+                  'This is an alert toast.',
+                  5,
+                  Toast.CENTER,
+                );
               }, 100);
             }}
           />

ios/RNSimpleToast.mm

@@ -148,16 +148,15 @@ - (CGPoint)rnToast_centerPointForPosition:(NSString *)gravity withToast:(UIView
         safeInsets = view.safeAreaInsets;
     }
 
-    CGFloat topPadding = safeInsets.top;
-    CGFloat bottomPadding = safeInsets.bottom;
-
     if ([CSToastPositionTop isEqualToString:gravity]) {
+        CGFloat topPadding = safeInsets.top;
         return CGPointMake(view.bounds.size.width / 2.0, (toast.frame.size.height / 2.0) + topPadding);
     } else if ([CSToastPositionCenter isEqualToString:gravity]) {
         return CGPointMake(view.bounds.size.width / 2.0, view.bounds.size.height / 2.0);
     }
 
     // default to bottom
+    CGFloat bottomPadding = safeInsets.bottom;
     return CGPointMake(view.bounds.size.width / 2.0, (view.bounds.size.height - (toast.frame.size.height / 2.0)) - bottomPadding);
 }
 

ios/RNToastViewController.m

@@ -10,18 +10,36 @@ @interface RNToastViewController ()
 
 @implementation RNToastViewController
 
-- (UIWindow *)toastWindow {
+// presenting directly from RCTSharedApplication().keyWindow won't work for Alerts
+// which is why we have our own VC
+
+- (UIWindow *)toastWindow
+{
     if (_toastWindow == nil) {
-        _toastWindow = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:RCTSharedApplication().keyWindow.bounds];
-        _toastWindow.rootViewController = [UIViewController new];
-        _toastWindow.windowLevel = UIWindowLevelAlert + 2;
-        _toastWindow.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
+        _toastWindow = [self getUIWindowFromScene];
+
+        if (_toastWindow == nil) {
+            UIWindow *keyWindow = RCTSharedApplication().keyWindow;
+            if (keyWindow) {
+                _toastWindow = [[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:keyWindow.bounds];
+            } else {
+                // keyWindow is nil, so we cannot create and initialize _toastWindow
+                NSLog(@"Unable to create alert window: keyWindow is nil");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (_toastWindow) {
+            _toastWindow.rootViewController = [UIViewController new];
+            _toastWindow.windowLevel = UIWindowLevelAlert + 1;
+            _toastWindow.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
+        }
     }
+
     return _toastWindow;
 }
 
 - (void)show:(void (^)(void))completion {
-    self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationFullScreen;
+    self.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationOverCurrentContext;
     [self.toastWindow setHidden:NO];
     [self.toastWindow.rootViewController presentViewController:self animated:NO completion:completion];
 }
@@ -36,4 +54,17 @@ - (void)hide {
     _toastWindow = nil;
 }
 
+- (UIWindow *)getUIWindowFromScene
+{
+    if (@available(iOS 13.0, *)) {
+        for (UIScene *scene in RCTSharedApplication().connectedScenes) {
+            if (scene.activationState == UISceneActivationStateForegroundActive &&
+                [scene isKindOfClass:[UIWindowScene class]]) {
+                return [[UIWindow alloc] initWithWindowScene:(UIWindowScene *)scene];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return nil;
+}
+
 @end