MSMessageLiveLayout interaction disabled by Tapback

Hello all - I’m writing an iMessage extension which uses MSMessageLiveLayout to create an interactive message view. It’s all working nicely except for one issue. If the user:

  1. Long presses the message, triggering the Tapback (love/like/etc) reaction menu
  2. Taps off that menu to cancel Tapback
  3. The message’s live layout no longer receives touch events
  4. Touch interaction is only restored when the user reopens Tapback and chooses a reaction

I’ve been able to recreate the issue with a stripped down test version of the app as well - in simulator & on device.

Anyone else experience this issue or know of a workaround?

MSMessageLiveLayout interaction disabled by Tapback
 
 
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