UITextField In UIAlert Input Not Working iOS 7 - ios

Question

I am currently using the following to use a popup alert which allows the user to set a delay in seconds;
The input itself works fine, but the number is not remembered, so if I put 5, or 10, when I press 'set' it just ignores that value and goes to instant recording again. here is the IBAction to call the setDelay, and below it, I have posted the Alertview
-(IBAction)setDelay:(id)sender
{
// open a alert with text field, OK and cancel button
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Set delay in seconds" message:#" "
delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:#"Set", nil];
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(14, 45, 255, 23);
if(!delayTextField) {
delayTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
delayTextField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleBezel;
delayTextField.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
delayTextField.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
delayTextField.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:14.0];
delayTextField.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
delayTextField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo; // no auto correction support
delayTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation; // use the default type input method (entire keyboard)
delayTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDefault;
delayTextField.delegate = self;
delayTextField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing; // has a clear 'x' button to the right
}
else
{
delayTextField.text=#"";
}
alert.delegate=self;
[alert addSubview:delayTextField];
[alert setAlertViewStyle:UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput];
[alert show];
[alert release];
}
//
-(void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView didDismissWithButtonIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
if (alertView.tag==100)
{
if (buttonIndex!=alertView.cancelButtonIndex)
{
[self featureButtonPressed];
}
}
else
{
if (buttonIndex==alertView.cancelButtonIndex)
{
self.delayTextField.text=#"";
}
}
}

Answer 1

From iOS 7 you can't add subviews to UIAlertView anymore -
UIAlertView addSubview in iOS7.
But if you need just simple UITextField in your UIAlertView you can just set UIAlertView style to UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput and retrieve value from that field later. Eg.
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Set delay in seconds" message:#" "
delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:#"Set", nil];
alert.delegate=self;
[alert addSubview:delayTextField];
[alert setAlertViewStyle:UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput];
[alert show];
then in your delegate method:
-(void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView didDismissWithButtonIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
if (alertView.tag==100)
{
if (buttonIndex!=alertView.cancelButtonIndex)
{
[self featureButtonPressed];
}
}
else
{
if (buttonIndex==alertView.cancelButtonIndex)
{
UITextField *alertViewTextField = [alertView textFieldAtIndex:0];
//Do something with alertViewTextField.text value
}
}
}

Answer 2

#Guferos answer is absolutetly correct. It doesn't work because iOS 7 doesnt support this.
But in case you need more than a simple TextView, you can use a framework such as https://github.com/jdg/MBProgressHUD
:)