Placing the toolbar above keyboard does not work in iOS 17

Question

The next code snippet is an example of the question.

import SwiftUI

struct TestingView: View {

  @State var myText = ""
  @State var myText2 = ""

  var body: some View {
     NavigationStack {
        Form {
            Text("Row 1")
            Text("Row 2")
            TextField("Write here", text: $myText)
            TextField("Write here too", text: $myText2)
        }
        .navigationTitle("Testing Toolbar") // delete if you want no title
        .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
        .toolbar {
            ToolbarItemGroup(placement: .keyboard) {
                Button {
                    print("Button up pressed")
                } label: {
                    Image(systemName: "chevron.up")
                }

                Button {
                    print("Button down pressed")
                } label: {
                    Image(systemName: "chevron.down")
                }
                Spacer()
            }
        }
    }

  }
 } 

struct TestingView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
   static var previews: some View {
      TestingView()
   } 
}

It works fine on iOS 16.4 or lower, but not on iOS 17. Any solution for iOS 17?

Amass

Works for me on iPhone (ios-17), but the toolbar does not show on iPad (iPadOS-17) the first time I open the App. However, closing the App on iPad, then selecting it again shows the toolbar with the "chevrons" that work. On MacOS 14.1, Xcode 15.1, tested on real devices (not Previews). – Graff

I'm seeing this too, on iPhone 13 Pro running iOS 17.0.3. – Mannish

I have the same issue on my iPhone 13 Pro (works for iOS16.4, but with iOS 17 so far). – Umpire

Saw a some posting in the Apple forum about this problem, but no solution yet :( – Threw

Can you provide a link? – Umpire

Still an issue with iOS 17.1 :-/ – Umpire

Same issue!!! did you find any solution? – Geomancy

How is there no solution to this months and months later? Seems like a big bug? – Loos

Answer 1

Found a workaround: adding an empty navigation path to the NavigationStack solved the issue for me (so far).

@State var path = NavigationPath()

NavigationStack(path: $path) {
...
}

Credits to: https://mcmap.net/q/1169269/-swiftui-ios16-toolbaritem-placement-keyboard-button-disappears-after-first-tap-use

Umpire

It didn't work for me (Xcode 15.1) – Geomancy

On real device it works for me, but on simulator its not working. – Fearsome

Answer 2

It works on iOS 17+ devices and 16.0+ devices & simulators, but not on iOS 17 simulator. This is certainly a bug.

Megalomania