How to add an action to a UIAlertView button using Swift iOS - ios

Question

I want to add another button other than the "OK" button which should just dismiss the alert.
I want the other button to call a certain function.
var logInErrorAlert: UIAlertView = UIAlertView()
logInErrorAlert.title = "Ooops"
logInErrorAlert.message = "Unable to log in."
logInErrorAlert.addButtonWithTitle("Ok")
How do I add another button to this alert, and then allow it to call a function once clicks so lets say we want the new button to call:
retry()

Answer 1

The Swifty way is to use the new UIAlertController and closures:
// Create the alert controller
let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Title", message: "Message", preferredStyle: .Alert)
// Create the actions
let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) {
UIAlertAction in
NSLog("OK Pressed")
}
let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel) {
UIAlertAction in
NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
}
// Add the actions
alertController.addAction(okAction)
alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
// Present the controller
self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
Swift 3:
// Create the alert controller
let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Title", message: "Message", preferredStyle: .alert)
// Create the actions
let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.default) {
UIAlertAction in
NSLog("OK Pressed")
}
let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.cancel) {
UIAlertAction in
NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
}
// Add the actions
alertController.addAction(okAction)
alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
// Present the controller
self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 2

func showAlertAction(title: String, message: String){
let alert = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle: UIAlertController.Style.alert)
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default, handler: {(action:UIAlertAction!) in
print("Action")
}))
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default, handler: nil))
self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Answer 3

UIAlertViews use a delegate to communicate with you, the client.
You add a second button, and you create an object to receive the delegate messages from the view:
class LogInErrorDelegate : UIAlertViewDelegate {
init {}
// not sure of the prototype of this, you should look it up
func alertView(view :UIAlertView, clickedButtonAtIndex :Integer) -> Void {
switch clickedButtonAtIndex {
case 0:
userClickedOK() // er something
case 1:
userClickedRetry()
/* Don't use "retry" as a function name, it's a reserved word */
default:
userClickedRetry()
}
}
/* implement rest of the delegate */
}
logInErrorAlert.addButtonWithTitle("Retry")
var myErrorDelegate = LogInErrorDelegate()
logInErrorAlert.delegate = myErrorDelegate

Answer 4

Swift 5+
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Cart!", message: "Are you sure want to remove order details?", preferredStyle: .alert)
// Create the actions
let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "YES", style:
UIAlertAction.Style.default) {
UIAlertAction in
print("Yes Pressed")
}
let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "CANCEL", style:
UIAlertAction.Style.cancel) {
UIAlertAction in
print("Cancel Pressed")
}
// Add the actions
alert.addAction(okAction)
alert.addAction(cancelAction)
self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
OR
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Alert!", message: "Are you sure want to remove your request?", preferredStyle: .alert)
// Create the actions
let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "YES", style: .destructive) {
_ in
print("Yes Pressed")
self.funRemoveRequest(requestID: (self.requestStatusModel?.data?[sender.tag].id)!)
}
let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "CANCEL", style: .cancel) {
_ in
print("Cancel Pressed")
}
// Add the actions
alert.addAction(okAction)
alert.addAction(cancelAction)
self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 5

Swift 4 Update
// Create the alert controller
let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Title", message: "Message", preferredStyle: .alert)
// Create the actions
let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.default) {
UIAlertAction in
NSLog("OK Pressed")
}
let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.cancel) {
UIAlertAction in
NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
}
// Add the actions
alertController.addAction(okAction)
alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
// Present the controller
self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 6

based on swift:
let alertCtr = UIAlertController(title:"Title", message:"Message", preferredStyle: .Alert)
let Cancel = AlertAction(title:"remove", style: .Default, handler: {(UIAlertAction) -> Void in })
let Remove = UIAlertAction(title:"remove", style: .Destructive, handler:{(UIAlertAction)-> Void
inself.colorLabel.hidden = true
})
alertCtr.addAction(Cancel)
alertCtr.addAction(Remove)
self.presentViewController(alertCtr, animated:true, completion:nil)}

Answer 7

Swift 3.0 Version of Jake's Answer
// Create the alert controller
let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Alert!", message: "There is no items for the current user", preferredStyle: .alert)
// Create the actions
let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.default) {
UIAlertAction in
NSLog("OK Pressed")
}
let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.cancel) {
UIAlertAction in
NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
}
// Add the actions
alertController.addAction(okAction)
alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
// Present the controller
self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 8

See my code:
#IBAction func foundclicked(sender: AnyObject) {
if (amountTF.text.isEmpty)
{
let alert = UIAlertView(title: "Oops! Empty Field", message: "Please enter the amount", delegate: nil, cancelButtonTitle: "OK")
alert.show()
}
else {
var alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Confirm Bid Amount", message: "Final Bid Amount : "+amountTF.text , preferredStyle: .Alert)
var okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Confirm", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) {
UIAlertAction in
JHProgressHUD.sharedHUD.loaderColor = UIColor.redColor()
JHProgressHUD.sharedHUD.showInView(self.view, withHeader: "Amount registering" , andFooter: "Loading")
}
var cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel) {
UIAlertAction in
alertController .removeFromParentViewController()
}
alertController.addAction(okAction)
alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}

Answer 9

this is for swift 4.2, 5 and 5+
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "ooops!", message: "Unable to login", preferredStyle: .alert)
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: .default, handler: nil))
self.present(alert, animated: true)