UIAlertView crashs in iOS 8.3 - ios

Question

recently i start receiving crash reports for UIAlertView only by users that use iOS 8.3
Crashlytics reports:
Fatal Exception: UIApplicationInvalidInterfaceOrientation
Supported orientations has no common orientation with the application, and [_UIAlertShimPresentingViewController shouldAutorotate] is returning YES
The line where that crash happens is [alertView show] :
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:title
message:message
delegate:nil
cancelButtonTitle:cancelButtonTitle
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alertView show];
that code is in the app for a long time and now it starts crashing. Did anyone experience a similar behaviour and has fixed the problem?

Answer 1

The main thing is :
UIApplicationInvalidInterfaceOrientation Supported orientations has no common orientation with the application
It means you have somewhere implemented
- (NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
return UIDeviceOrientationPortrait; // or UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait
}
UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait = UIDeviceOrientationPortrait = 0
In that function MUST be returned Mask like:
UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait which is 1

Answer 2

try by implementing this
- (BOOL)shouldAutorotate {
return NO;
}
-(NSUInteger)supportedInterfaceOrientations {
return UIInterfaceOrientationMaskPortrait;
}
check this also : Orientation issue in Lanscape mode while opening camera in iOS 7 in iPhone

Answer 3

Better than this you should start using UIAlertController. It has much better functionality and also for UIAlertAction you don't have to include delegate methods.
UIAlertController * alert= [UIAlertController
alertControllerWithTitle:#"Info"
message:#"You are using UIAlertController"
preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
UIAlertAction* ok = [UIAlertAction
actionWithTitle:#"OK"
style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
handler:^(UIAlertAction * action)
{
[alert dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}];
UIAlertAction* cancel = [UIAlertAction
actionWithTitle:#"Cancel"
style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
handler:^(UIAlertAction * action)
{
[alert dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}];
[alert addAction:ok];
[alert addAction:cancel];
[self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];

Answer 4

Important: UIAlertView is deprecated in iOS 8. (Note that UIAlertViewDelegate is also deprecated.) To create and manage alerts in iOS 8 and later, instead use UIAlertController with a preferredStyle of UIAlertControllerStyleAlert.
https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIAlertView_Class/index.html

Answer 5

After trying the solutions here, none of them worked for me. I'm supporting iOS 6-8 in an app, and, more than that, use some libraries that use UIAlertView internally, so simply conditionally compiling to use UIAlertController when available was not an option.
I came up with a solution that solved the problem for me. Your mileage may vary. I include the header file in the Header Prefix file so that it's sure to be included anywhere a UIAlertView is shown.
I'm posting this here for anyone who's stumbling on this problem and the solutions found around the net don't work. Hopefully it's helpful.
https://gist.github.com/joshhudnall/cdc89b61d0a545c85d1d

Answer 6

I created a helper for displaying UIAlertView when before iOS8 and UIAlertController after iOS8, this solves the rotation crash and also displays nicely in all versions.
https://github.com/dannyshmueli/DSAlertDisplayer