How would I create a UIAlertView in Swift?

Question

I have been working to create a UIAlertView in Swift, but for some reason I can't get the statement right because I'm getting this error:

Could not find an overload for 'init' that accepts the supplied arguments

Here is how I have it written:

let button2Alert: UIAlertView = UIAlertView(title: "Title", message: "message",
                     delegate: self, cancelButtonTitle: "OK", otherButtonTitles: nil)

Then to call it I'm using:

button2Alert.show()

As of right now it is crashing and I just can't seem to get the syntax right.

Answer 1

// Generic Class For UIAlertView

//MARK:- MODULES
import Foundation
import UIKit

//MARK:- CLASS
class Alert  : NSObject{

static let shared = Alert()

var okAction : AlertSuccess?
typealias AlertSuccess = (()->())?
var alert: UIAlertController?

/** show */
public func show(title : String?, message : String?, viewController : UIViewController?, okAction : AlertSuccess = nil) {

    let version : NSString = UIDevice.current.systemVersion as NSString
    if  version.doubleValue >= 8 {
        alert = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle:.alert)
        alert?.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default, handler: { (action: UIAlertAction) in

            if let okAction = okAction {
                okAction()
            }
        }))
        viewController?.present(alert ?? UIAlertController(), animated:true, completion:nil);
    }
}

/** showWithCancelAndOk */
public func showWithCancelAndOk(title : String, okTitle : String, cancelTitle : String, message : String, viewController : UIViewController?, okAction : AlertSuccess = nil, cancelAction : AlertSuccess = nil) {
    let version:NSString = UIDevice.current.systemVersion as NSString;

    if  version.doubleValue >= 8 {
        alert = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle:.alert)

        alert?.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: cancelTitle, style: .default, handler: { (action: UIAlertAction) in

            if let cancelAction = cancelAction {
                cancelAction()
            }
        }))
        alert?.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: okTitle, style: .default, handler: { (action: UIAlertAction) in

            if let okAction = okAction {
                okAction()
            }
        }))
        viewController?.present(alert!, animated:true, completion:nil);
    }
}

/** showWithTimer */
public func showWithTimer(message : String?, viewController : UIViewController?) {

    let version : NSString = UIDevice.current.systemVersion as NSString
    if  version.doubleValue >= 8 {
        alert = UIAlertController(title: "", message: message, preferredStyle:.alert)
        viewController?.present(alert ?? UIAlertController(), animated:true, completion:nil)
        let when = DispatchTime.now() + 1
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: when){
            self.alert?.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
        }
    }
}
}

Use:-

Alert.shared.show(title: "No Internet Connection", message: "The internet connection appers to be offline.", viewController: self) //without ok action

Alert.shared.show(title: "No Internet Connection", message: "The internet connection appers to be offline.", viewController: self, okAction: {
                            //ok action
                        }) // with ok action

Alert.shared.show(title: "No Internet Connection", message: "The internet connection appers to be offline.", viewController: self, okAction: {
                            //ok action 
}, cancelAction: {
 //cancel action
}) //with cancel and ok action

Alert.shared.showWithTimer(message : "This is an alert with timer", viewController : self) //with timer

Answer 2

Use this code to display an alertview

  let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Hello  Coders", message: "your alert message", preferredStyle: .Alert)
        let defaultAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Close Alert", style: .Default, handler: nil)
        alertController.addAction(defaultAction)

        presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Reference: Swift Show Alert using UIAlertController

Answer 3

For SWIFT4, I think, extending UIViewController and creating a reusable confirmation control is the most elegant way.

You can extend the UIViewController as below:

extension UIViewController {

func AskConfirmation (title:String, message:String, completion:@escaping (_ result:Bool) -> Void) {
    let alert = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.alert)
    self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

    alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: .default, handler: { action in
        completion(true)
    }))

    alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel, handler: { action in
        completion(false)
    }))
  }
}

Then you can use it anytime:

 AskConfirmation(title: "YOUR MESSAGE TITLE", message: "YOUR MESSAGE") { (result) in
        if result { //User has clicked on Ok

        } else { //User has clicked on Cancel

        }
    }

Answer 4

    class Preview: UIViewController , UIAlertViewDelegate
    {
        @IBAction func MoreBtnClicked(sender: AnyObject)
        {
            var moreAlert=UIAlertView(title: "Photo", message: "", delegate: self, cancelButtonTitle: "No Thanks!", otherButtonTitles: "Save Image", "Email", "Facebook", "Whatsapp" )
            moreAlert.show()
            moreAlert.tag=111;
        }

        func alertView(alertView: UIAlertView, didDismissWithButtonIndex buttonIndex: Int)
        {
            if alertView.tag==111
            {
                if buttonIndex==0
                {
                    println("No Thanks!")
                }
                else if buttonIndex==1
                {
                    println("Save Image")
                }
                else if buttonIndex == 2
                {
                    println("Email")
                }
                else if buttonIndex == 3
                {
                    println("Facebook")
                }
                else if buttonIndex == 4
                {
                    println("Whatsapp")
                }
            }
        }
    }

Answer 5

I have made a singleton class to make this convenient to use from anywhere in your app: https://github.com/Swinny1989/Swift-Popups

You can then create a popup with multiple buttons like this:

Popups.SharedInstance.ShowAlert(self, title: "Title goes here", message: "Messages goes here", buttons: ["button one" , "button two"]) { (buttonPressed) -> Void in
    if buttonPressed == "button one" { 
      //Code here
    } else if buttonPressed == "button two" {
        // Code here
    }
}

or popups with a single button like this:

Popups.SharedInstance.ShowPopup("Title goes here", message: "Message goes here.")

Answer 6

With the protocol extensions of Swift 2, you can make a protocol that provides a default implementation to your view controllers:

ShowsAlert.swift

import UIKit

protocol ShowsAlert {}

extension ShowsAlert where Self: UIViewController {
    func showAlert(title: String = "Error", message: String) {
        let alertController = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle: .Alert)
        alertController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: .Default, handler: nil))
        presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }
}

ViewController.swift

class ViewController: UIViewController, ShowsAlert {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        showAlert(message: "Hey there, I am an error message!")
    }
}