I have an iPad app. I am creating an UIAlertController and adding a textfield. It crashes. It only crashes when I add a textfield.
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Enter Name", message:nil, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert);
alert.addTextFieldWithConfigurationHandler { (textfield:UITextField!) -> Void in
textfield.placeholder = "Sexy time";
}
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: {(action:UIAlertAction!) -> Void in
//Some action here
}));
self.presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil);
I get a fun crash telling me that the constraints are messed up. This code works fine in < 8.3 with no warnings. Even on a clean project with nothing in it but this code, it crashes - The project needs to be a splitview project on iPad.
Here is the full stack trace plus bizarre constraint warnings which appears only after trying to add the textfield to alertController.
2015-04-10 15:25:07.155 Observation[18235:281813] The view hierarchy is not prepared for the constraint: <NSLayoutConstraint:0x7fb66cf9dfc0 UITableView:0x7fb66b855000.left == UIView:0x7fb66fae68e0.left>
When added to a view, the constraint's items must be descendants of that view (or the view itself). This will crash if the constraint needs to be resolved before the view hierarchy is assembled. Break on -[UIView _viewHierarchyUnpreparedForConstraint:] to debug.
2015-04-10 15:25:07.155 Observation[18235:281813] The view hierarchy is not prepared for the constraint: <NSLayoutConstraint:0x7fb66cf9e010 UITableView:0x7fb66b855000.right == UIView:0x7fb66fae68e0.right>
When added to a view, the constraint's items must be descendants of that view (or the view itself). This will crash if the constraint needs to be resolved before the view hierarchy is assembled. Break on -[UIView _viewHierarchyUnpreparedForConstraint:] to debug.
2015-04-10 15:25:07.155 Observation[18235:281813] The view hierarchy is not prepared for the constraint: <NSLayoutConstraint:0x7fb66fb37f90 UITableView:0x7fb66b855000.top == UIView:0x7fb66fae68e0.top>
When added to a view, the constraint's items must be descendants of that view (or the view itself). This will crash if the constraint needs to be resolved before the view hierarchy is assembled. Break on -[UIView _viewHierarchyUnpreparedForConstraint:] to debug.
2015-04-10 15:25:07.156 Observation[18235:281813] The view hierarchy is not prepared for the constraint: <NSLayoutConstraint:0x7fb66fb80580 UITableView:0x7fb66b855000.bottom == UIView:0x7fb66fae68e0.bottom>
When added to a view, the constraint's items must be descendants of that view (or the view itself). This will crash if the constraint needs to be resolved before the view hierarchy is assembled. Break on -[UIView _viewHierarchyUnpreparedForConstraint:] to debug.
2015-04-10 15:25:13.589 Observation[18235:281813] View hierarchy unprepared for constraint.
Constraint: <NSLayoutConstraint:0x7fb66cf9dfc0 UITableView:0x7fb66b855000.left == UIView:0x7fb66fae68e0.left>
Container hierarchy:
<UIView: 0x7fb66fa86e00; frame = (0 0; 0 0); layer = <CALayer: 0x7fb66fadf8e0>>
| <UIView: 0x7fb66af3e080; frame = (0 0; 0 0); clipsToBounds = YES; layer = <CALayer: 0x7fb66fae32c0>>
| | <_UIAlertControllerShadowedScrollView: 0x7fb66fa68c80; frame = (0 0; 0 0); clipsToBounds = YES; gestureRecognizers = <NSArray: 0x7fb66fa38a80>; layer = <CALayer: 0x7fb66fa97560>; contentOffset: {0, 0}; contentSize: {0, 0}>
| | | <UIView: 0x7fb66fa87350; frame = (0 0; 0 0); layer = <CALayer: 0x7fb66fadf810>>
| | | | <UILabel: 0x7fb66fa88740; frame = (0 0; 0 0); text = 'Enter Name'; userInteractionEnabled = NO; layer = <_UILabelLayer: 0x7fb66fa94ed0>>
| | | | <UILabel: 0x7fb66fa73710; frame = (0 0; 0 0); userInteractionEnabled = NO; layer = <_UILabelLayer: 0x7fb66cc0ee10>>
| | | | <UIView: 0x7fb66fae68e0; frame = (0 0; 0 0); clipsToBounds = YES; layer = <CALayer: 0x7fb66fa90160>>
| | <UILabel: 0x7fb66fa3ad40; frame = (0 0; 0 0); userInteractionEnabled = NO; layer = <_UILabelLayer: 0x7fb66fa73680>>
| | <UICollectionView: 0x7fb66c130200; frame = (0 0; 0 0); clipsToBounds = YES; gestureRecognizers = <NSArray: 0x7fb66faebab0>; layer = <CALayer: 0x7fb66fa3acf0>; contentOffset: {0, 0}; contentSize: {0, 0}> collection view layout: <_UIAlertControllerCollectionViewFlowLayout: 0x7fb66fae0b30>
View not found in container hierarchy: <UITableView: 0x7fb66b855000; frame = (0 20; 768 1004); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; gestureRecognizers = <NSArray: 0x7fb66cf79f30>; layer = <CALayer: 0x7fb66cf600a0>; contentOffset: {0, 0}; contentSize: {768, 25}>
That view's superview: NO SUPERVIEW
2015-04-10 15:25:13.594 Observation[18235:281813] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSGenericException', reason: 'Unable to install constraint on view. Does the constraint reference something from outside the subtree of the view? That's illegal. constraint:<NSLayoutConstraint:0x7fb66cf9dfc0 UITableView:0x7fb66b855000.left == UIView:0x7fb66fae68e0.left> view:<UIView: 0x7fb66fa86e00; frame = (0 0; 0 0); layer = <CALayer: 0x7fb66fadf8e0>>'
*** First throw call stack:
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x0000000102940c65 __exceptionPreprocess + 165
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x000000010221dbb7 objc_exception_throw + 45
2 CoreFoundation 0x0000000102940b9d +[NSException raise:format:] + 205
3 Foundation 0x0000000101daf479 -[NSLayoutConstraint _addToEngine:integralizationAdjustment:mutuallyExclusiveConstraints:] + 187
4 UIKit 0x00000001039bca34 __57-[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _switchToLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke_2 + 474
5 Foundation 0x0000000101dbd1be -[NSISEngine withBehaviors:performModifications:] + 155
6 UIKit 0x00000001039bc83a __57-[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _switchToLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke + 452
7 UIKit 0x00000001039bc64d -[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _switchToLayoutEngine:] + 197
8 UIKit 0x00000001039bc933 __57-[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _switchToLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke_2 + 217
9 Foundation 0x0000000101dbd1be -[NSISEngine withBehaviors:performModifications:] + 155
10 UIKit 0x00000001039bc83a __57-[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _switchToLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke + 452
11 UIKit 0x00000001039bc64d -[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _switchToLayoutEngine:] + 197
12 UIKit 0x00000001039bc933 __57-[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _switchToLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke_2 + 217
13 Foundation 0x0000000101dbd1be -[NSISEngine withBehaviors:performModifications:] + 155
14 UIKit 0x00000001039bc83a __57-[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _switchToLayoutEngine:]_block_invoke + 452
15 UIKit 0x00000001039bc64d -[UIView(AdditionalLayoutSupport) _switchToLayoutEngine:] + 197
16 UIKit 0x00000001033b5717 __40-[UIView(Hierarchy) layoutBelowIfNeeded]_block_invoke + 39
17 Foundation 0x0000000101dbd1be -[NSISEngine withBehaviors:performModifications:] + 155
18 UIKit 0x00000001033b5556 -[UIView(Hierarchy) layoutBelowIfNeeded] + 320
19 UIKit 0x000000010374a394 -[_UIAlertControllerAnimatedTransitioning animateTransition:] + 470
20 UIKit 0x000000010344fa4e __56-[UIPresentationController runTransitionForCurrentState]_block_invoke + 1867
21 UIKit 0x000000010336562c _applyBlockToCFArrayCopiedToStack + 314
22 UIKit 0x00000001033654a6 _afterCACommitHandler + 533
23 CoreFoundation 0x0000000102873ca7 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23
24 CoreFoundation 0x0000000102873c00 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 368
25 CoreFoundation 0x0000000102869a33 __CFRunLoopRun + 1123
26 CoreFoundation 0x0000000102869366 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 470
27 GraphicsServices 0x0000000106dd6a3e GSEventRunModal + 161
28 UIKit 0x0000000103341900 UIApplicationMain + 1282
29 Observation 0x0000000101612927 main + 135
30 libdyld.dylib 0x0000000104f60145 start + 1
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
I had a similair problem that is also mentioned in the comments. Please see this if you are getting.
NSInteralInconsistencyException - UIKeyboardLayoutAlignmentView
There does seem to a bug in iOS 8.3 related alerts. It manifests on both (deprecated) UIAlertView and the iOS8-only UIAlertController. When I attempt to add a textfield to either of these controllers, I get the following crash:
Alerts without textfields are OK, but showing a UIAlertView with style UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput or showing a UIAlertController with a textfield added via addTextFieldWithConfigurationHandler will result in the above crash.
The fix seems to be to set a prophylactic frame on the UIAlertController before calling show. This frame is overridden before show, but prevents the crash.
As @Dex mentioned, I fixed this by modifying my controller's view AFTER adding the text field. I was modifying the view's tint color.
Moving this to "after" adding the text field fixed it for me. Accepted answer and other suggestions led to other bugs for me. Sorry, I don't have the rep to post a comment yet on @Dex's answer.
Edit: This fix changes depending on if you are building with Xcode 6 or Xcode 7, so I've added the relevant information for both versions of Xcode.
I ran into this today and what it's saying is that it can't add the text field to the view controller's view or that it can't add auto-layout constraints to its superview. This seems to be because it hasn't created the superview to add it to yet, and so it all panics and crashes.
Simple fix I found is add the text field after you tell the alert controller to present. That fixed it to me, though I'm not sure if it'll affect anything like the text field popping in as the alert is presenting.
Built with Xcode 6
P.s. As a side note from your code example, remember with Swift, you don't need to use
;
at the end of every line, though it doesn't matter if you do.I have the same problem with the new iOS 8.3 and Swift 1.2. UIAlertController in UIViewController with nested UITableView does not work as in start topic.
So, I made a real modal form.
And specify special class for new controller as "PopupWindow". Then create this class:
You need to connect all IBOutlets with corresponding elements in view by Ctrl+Drag.
And now you can use it window in any connected controller. For example:
Now I can just add a segue to controller and write any closure in prepareSegue method - and it works!
I made short video with popup window in my app - http://youtu.be/JmqAAeUN-XU
This fixed it immediately (for me). I had the exact same error that Chris described :
NSInteralInconsistencyException - UIKeyboardLayoutAlignmentView
The answer was simply to make sure animated is set to "NO" when presenting the UIAlertController.