UIAlertView first deprecated IOS 9

112
votes

I have tried several ways to use UIAlertController,instead of UIAlertView. I tried several ways but I cannot make the alert action work. Here is my code that works fine in IOS 8 and IOS 9 but is showing up with deprecated flags. I tried the elegant suggestion below but I can't make it function in this context. I need to submit my app and this is the last thing to address. Thank You for any further suggestions. I am a newbie.

#pragma mark - BUTTONS ================================
- (IBAction)showModesAction:(id)sender {
NSLog(@"iapMade: %d", iapMade3);

// IAP MADE ! ===========================================
if (!iapMade3) {

    //start game here
    gamePlaysCount++;
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]setInteger:gamePlaysCount forKey:@"gamePlaysCount"];
    NSLog(@"playsCount: %ld", (long)gamePlaysCount);

    if (gamePlaysCount >= 4) {
    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Basic"
                                                     message: THREE_PLAYS_LIMIT_MESSAGE
                                                    delegate:self
                                           cancelButtonTitle:@"Yes, please"
                                           otherButtonTitles:@"No, thanks", nil];
       [alert show];

        NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"cow" ofType:@"wav"];
        _pop =[[AVAudioPlayer alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path] error:NULL];
        [_pop play];
        [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:true completion:nil];

    } else {
        if (gamePlaysCount == 1)  {
            // Create & store the next 5 mins when player gets 3 more lives
            nextDateToPlay = [[NSDate date] dateByAddingTimeInterval:60*60*0.1];
            NSLog(@"CURRENT DATE: %@", [NSDate date]);
            NSLog(@"NEXT DAY: %@", nextDateToPlay);
            [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]setObject: nextDateToPlay    forKey:@"nextDateToPlay"];
            NSLog(@"nextDateToPlay: %@", nextDateToPlay);

            UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Basic"
                                                           message:  THREE_PLAYS_LIMIT_MESSAGE2
                                                          delegate:self
                                                 cancelButtonTitle:@"Got it!"
                                                 otherButtonTitles:@"Start", nil];
            [alert show];
        } else {

            if (gamePlaysCount == 3)  {
                UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Basic"
                                                               message: THREE_PLAYS_LIMIT_MESSAGE3
                                                              delegate:self
                                                     cancelButtonTitle:@"Yep, I Know!"
                                                     otherButtonTitles:@"Start", nil];
                [alert show];
            }
        }
    }
}

}

// IAP NOT MADE =============================

#pragma mark - ALERTVIEW DELEGATE ============================

-(void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {

if ([[alertView buttonTitleAtIndex:buttonIndex] isEqualToString:@"Yes, please"]) {

    UIStoryboard *storyboard = self.storyboard;
    MenuViewController *svc = [storyboard instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"Store"];
    svc.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCrossDissolve;
    [self presentViewController:svc animated:YES completion:nil];

        }

}
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Question not clear. What is it that you want ? – Moumou
UIAlertView is deprecated in IOS 9 and we have to use UIAlertController with a preferredStyle of UIAlertControllerStyleAlert instead. However, the alert does not show when I use UIAlertController methods. I tried the solution below, but still the alert view does not show.. Thank you.. – Bux
Okay. Can you show what you have done and that doesn't work ? – Moumou
After presenting you are calling [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:true completion:nil]; which will dismiss alert controller – Adnan Aftab
This is an important question in the sense that UIAlertController is pretty new and many developers will be worried about the deprecation. The unreasonable down votes have bad effect on a valid question. Those who down voted the question should have changed their vote after the edit. But then,"down vote trolls" who get a badge for their down vote do not do this anyway. The SO moderators should have a way to fix it. – Totoro

10 Answers

244
votes

From iOS8 Apple provide new UIAlertController class which you can use instead of UIAlertView which is now deprecated, it is also stated in deprecation message:

UIAlertView is deprecated. Use UIAlertController with a preferredStyle of UIAlertControllerStyleAlert instead

So you should use something like this

UIAlertController * alert = [UIAlertController
                alertControllerWithTitle:@"Title"
                                 message:@"Message"
                          preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];



UIAlertAction* yesButton = [UIAlertAction
                    actionWithTitle:@"Yes, please"
                              style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                            handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
                                //Handle your yes please button action here
                            }];

UIAlertAction* noButton = [UIAlertAction
                        actionWithTitle:@"No, thanks"
                                  style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
                                   //Handle no, thanks button                
                                }];

[alert addAction:yesButton];
[alert addAction:noButton];

[self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];
22
votes
//Calling     
[self showMessage:@"There is no internet connection for this device"
                    withTitle:@"Error"];

//Method

-(void)showMessage:(NSString*)message withTitle:(NSString *)title
{

 UIAlertController * alert=   [UIAlertController
                                  alertControllerWithTitle:title
                                  message:message
                                  preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

    UIAlertAction *okAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"OK" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction *action){

        //do something when click button
    }];
    [alert addAction:okAction];
    UIViewController *vc = [[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] window] rootViewController];
    [vc presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];
}

If you want to use this alert in NSObject class you should use like:

-(void)showMessage:(NSString*)message withTitle:(NSString *)title{
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
    UIAlertController *alertController = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:title message:message preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
    [alertController addAction:[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"OK" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction * _Nonnull action) {

    }]];

    [[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow] rootViewController] presentViewController:alertController animated:YES completion:^{
    }];
});
}
14
votes

Swift version of new implementation is :

 let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Oops!", message:"your message", preferredStyle: .Alert)
 alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Okay.", style: .Default) { _ in })
 self.presentViewController(alert, animated: true){}
11
votes

Xcode 8 + Swift

Assuming self is a UIViewController:

func displayAlert() {
    let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Test",
                                  message: "I am a modal alert",
                                  preferredStyle: .alert)
    let defaultButton = UIAlertAction(title: "OK",
                                      style: .default) {(_) in
        // your defaultButton action goes here
    }
    
    alert.addAction(defaultButton)
    present(alert, animated: true) { 
        // completion goes here
    }
}
7
votes

Make UIAlertController+AlertController Category as:

UIAlertController+AlertController.h

typedef void (^UIAlertCompletionBlock) (UIAlertController *alertViewController, NSInteger buttonIndex);

@interface UIAlertController (AlertController)

+ (instancetype)showAlertIn:(UIViewController *)controller
                  WithTitle:(NSString *)title
                    message:(NSString *)message
          cancelButtonTitle:(NSString *)cancelButtonTitle
          otherButtonTitles:(NSString *)otherButtonTitle
                   tapBlock:(UIAlertCompletionBlock)tapBlock;
@end

UIAlertController+AlertController.m

@implementation UIAlertController (NTAlertController)

+ (instancetype)showAlertIn:(UIViewController *)controller
                  WithTitle:(NSString *)title
                    message:(NSString *)message
          cancelButtonTitle:(NSString *)cancelButtonTitle
          otherButtonTitles:(NSString *)otherButtonTitle
                   tapBlock:(UIAlertCompletionBlock)tapBlock {

    UIAlertController *alertController = [self alertControllerWithTitle:title message:message preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

    if(cancelButtonTitle != nil) {

        UIAlertAction *cancelButton = [UIAlertAction
                                       actionWithTitle:cancelButtonTitle
                                       style:UIAlertActionStyleCancel
                                       handler:^(UIAlertAction *action)
                                       {
                                           tapBlock(alertController, ALERTACTION_CANCEL); // CANCEL BUTTON CALL BACK ACTION
                                       }];
        [alertController addAction:cancelButton];

    }

    if(otherButtonTitle != nil) {

        UIAlertAction *otherButton = [UIAlertAction
                                   actionWithTitle:otherButtonTitle
                                   style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                   handler:^(UIAlertAction *action)
                                   {
                                       tapBlock(alertController, ALERTACTION_OTHER); // OTHER BUTTON CALL BACK ACTION
                                   }];

        [alertController addAction:otherButton];
    }

    [controller presentViewController:alertController animated:YES completion:nil];

    return alertController;
}

@end

in your ViewController.m

[UIAlertController showAlertIn:self WithTitle:@"" message:@"" cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:@"Other" tapBlock:^(UIAlertController *alertController, NSInteger index){

 if(index == ALERTACTION_CANCEL){

 // CANCEL BUTTON ACTION
 }else
if(index == ALERTACTION_OTHER){

 // OTHER BUTTON ACTION
 }

 [alertController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];

 }];

NOTE: If you want to add more than two buttons then add another more UIAlertAction to the UIAlertController.

3
votes

Use UIAlertController instead of UIAlertView

-(void)showMessage:(NSString*)message withTitle:(NSString *)title
{
UIAlertController * alert=   [UIAlertController
                              alertControllerWithTitle:title
                              message:message
                              preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

UIAlertAction *okAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"OK" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction *action){

    //do something when click button
}];
[alert addAction:okAction];
UIViewController *vc = [[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] window] rootViewController];
[vc presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];
}
3
votes

I tried the above methods, and no one can show the alert view, only when I put the presentViewController: method in a dispatch_async sentence:

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^ { [self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil]; });

Refer to Alternative to UIAlertView for iOS 9?.

1
votes
-(void)showAlert{

    UIAlertController* alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@"Title"
                                                                   message:"Message"
                                                            preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

    UIAlertAction* defaultAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"OK" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                                          handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {}];

    [alert addAction:defaultAction];
    [self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];
}

[self showAlert]; // calling Method

0
votes

Check this:

UIAlertController *alertctrl =[UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@"choose Image" message:nil preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet];
    UIAlertAction *camera =[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"camera" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction *action) {
        [self Action];  //call Action need to perform 
    }];

[alertctrl addAction:camera];
-(void)Action 

{

}
0
votes
 UIAlertController * alert = [UIAlertController
                                 alertControllerWithTitle:@"Are you sure you want to logout?"
                                 message:@""
                                 preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

    UIAlertAction* yesButton = [UIAlertAction
                                actionWithTitle:@"Logout"
                                style:UIAlertActionStyleDestructive
                                handler:^(UIAlertAction * action)
                                {

                                }];

    UIAlertAction* noButton = [UIAlertAction
                               actionWithTitle:@"Cancel"
                               style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                               handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
                                   //Handle no, thanks button
                               }];

    [alert addAction:noButton];
    [alert addAction:yesButton];

    [self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];