ActionSheet not working iPad

Question

I'm using ActionSheet in my application. On my iPhone it works, but it doesn't on the iPad simulator.

this is my code:

@IBAction func dialog(sender: AnyObject) {

    let optionMenu = UIAlertController(title: nil, message: "Choose Option", preferredStyle: .ActionSheet)
    let deleteAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Delete", style: .Default, handler: {

        (alert: UIAlertAction!) -> Void in
        println("Filtre Deleted")
    })

    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .Cancel, handler: {
        (alert: UIAlertAction!) -> Void in
        println("Cancelled")
    })

    optionMenu.addAction(deleteAction)
    optionMenu.addAction(cancelAction)

    self.presentViewController(optionMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

And my error:

Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSGenericException', reason: 'Your application has presented a UIAlertController () of style UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet. The modalPresentationStyle of a UIAlertController with this style is UIModalPresentationPopover. You must provide location information for this popover through the alert controller's popoverPresentationController. You must provide either a sourceView and sourceRect or a barButtonItem. If this information is not known when you present the alert controller, you may provide it in the UIPopoverPresentationControllerDelegate method -prepareForPopoverPresentation.'

Answer 1

Swift 3

As said before, you should configure UIAlertController to be presented on a specific point on iPAD.

Example for navigation bar:

    // 1
    let optionMenu = UIAlertController(title: nil, message: "Choose an option", preferredStyle: .actionSheet)

    // 2
    let deleteAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Option 1", style: .default, handler: {
        (alert: UIAlertAction!) -> Void in
        print("option 1 pressed")
    })
    let saveAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Option 2", style: .default, handler: {
        (alert: UIAlertAction!) -> Void in
        print("option 2 pressed")
    })

    //
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel, handler: {
        (alert: UIAlertAction!) -> Void in
        print("Cancelled")
    })


    // 4

    optionMenu.addAction(deleteAction)
    optionMenu.addAction(saveAction)
    optionMenu.addAction(cancelAction)

    // 5

    optionMenu.popoverPresentationController?.barButtonItem = self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem

    self.present(optionMenu, animated: true) { 
        print("option menu presented")
    }

Answer 2

Same problem for me. I had a UIAlertController that worked fine on phone, but crashed on iPad. The sheet pops up when a cell is tapped from a table view.

For Swift 3, I added 3 lines of code right before presenting it:

        ...

        sheet.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = self.view
        sheet.popoverPresentationController?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection()
        sheet.popoverPresentationController?.sourceRect = CGRect(x: self.view.bounds.midX, y: self.view.bounds.midY, width: 0, height: 0)


        self.present(sheet, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 3

You need to provide a source view or button just before presenting optionMenu since on iPad its a UIPopoverPresentationController, As it says in your error. This just means that your action sheet points to the button letting the user know where it started from.

For example if you're presenting your optionMenu by tapping on the right navigation bar item. You could do something like this:

optionMenu.popoverPresentationController?.barButtonItem = self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem

self.presentViewController(optionMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)

or you could set a view like this:(You just need one of these 2)

optionMenu.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = yourView

self.presentViewController(optionMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)

Also keep in mind that if you change your UIAlertControllerStyle to Alert instead of action sheet, You wouldn't need to specify this. I am sure you must have figured it out but i just wanted to help anyone who comes across this page.

Answer 4

add statements in the following terms before presented.

optionMenu.popoverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view;
optionMenu.popoverPresentationController.sourceRect = 

CGRectMake(0,0,1.0,1.0);


@IBAction func dialog(sender: AnyObject) {
    ...

    optionMenu.popoverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view;
    optionMenu.popoverPresentationController.sourceRect = CGRectMake(0,0,1.0,1.0);

    self.presentViewController(optionMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

it will work well.

Answer 5

If you wish to present it in the centre with no arrows [Swift 3+]:

if let popoverController = optionMenu.popoverPresentationController {
        popoverController.sourceView = self.view
        popoverController.sourceRect = CGRect(x: self.view.bounds.midX, y: self.view.bounds.midY, width: 0, height: 0)
        popoverController.permittedArrowDirections = []
    }
self.present(optionMenu, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 6

Just a note that you can also get this error if you haven't linked the sourceview in IB to the relevant variable in your app.