MFMessageComposeViewController addAttachmentData on iPad iOS7 black screen - ios

I have a MFMessageComposeController, and I want to send images via iMessage (SMS not available on my iPad).
This is my code:
- (void)presentMessageController {
if(![MFMessageComposeViewController canSendAttachments])
{
UIAlertView *warningAlert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Error"
message:#"Your device doesn't support sharing photos via SMS!"
delegate:nil
cancelButtonTitle:#"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[warningAlert show];
return;
}
MFMessageComposeViewController *messageController = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc] init];
messageController.messageComposeDelegate = self;
[messageController addAttachmentData:imgData typeIdentifier:(NSString *)kUTTypePNG filename:#"image.png"];
// Present message view controller on screen
[self presentViewController:messageController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
The problem seems to be in [messageController addAttachmentData...]. The messageController is not presented, instead a blank screen appears, and app is hanging up, and after 1-2seconds, the delegate responds with MessageComposeResultCancelled, and I see this in console:
timed out waiting for fence barrier from com.apple.mobilesms.compose
Warning: Attempt to dismiss from view controller while a presentation or dismiss is in progress!
If I comment that line, the messageController is presented (iMessage is opened).
IMPORTANT:
This is happening when testing on iPad (I tested on iPad 2 only, with iOS 7.0.3 installed). Same code works perfect in iPhone 5, 4, 4S with iOS 7.0.3.
When black screen appears, there is no way to return to app. You have to terminate the app, and restart.
Anybody experiencing same issue? Please help. Thanks.

try changing:
[messageController addAttachmentData:imgData typeIdentifier:(NSString *)kUTTypePNG filename:#"image.png"];
to:
[messageController addAttachmentData:imgData typeIdentifier:#"public.data" fileName:#"image.png"];

Call presentMessageController method after some delay
[self performSelector:#selector(presentMessageController) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.5];

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Try to remove the property and initialize in the function.
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#import <MessageUI/MessageUI.h>
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EDIT 2:
After seeing your comment about not being able to use ARC due to one class I would advice you to simply set a -fno-objc-arc compiler flag on that class and enable ARC across your project and make your life WAY easier.
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