iOS7 Popup or Notification lasting a few seconds - ios

Question

Is there a standard way to display a short message to the user in an iOS application and then disappear automatically.
I have an app where a user can make changes. If he/she saves the changes I want to give feedback. But it's probably annoying if an AlertBox is displayed all the time and the user needs to klick on a button.

Answer 1

You have a few options that you can try. What you want might be the following :
Create an UIView, where you want to give feedback. This way, you can create it exactly the way you want it.
Set it hidden by default. yourView.alpha = 0.0f; => required if you want to animate when it appears, if not, just use yourView.hidden = true and ignore all animation stuff below, just replace it by yourView.hidden = false.
When you need your user to see your feedback you can animate it by the following :
[UIView beginAnimations:#"fadeIn" context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5]; // add the value you want
yourView.alpha = 1.0f;
[UIView commitAnimations];
Right after, to hide it again but later, add the following :
NSTimeInterval timeInterval = 1.0f; // how long your view will last before hiding
[NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:timeInterval target:self selector:#selector(hideView) userInfo:nil repeats:NO];
Finally, create your hideView method, that will be called by your timer :
-(void) hideView {
[UIView beginAnimations:#"fadeOut" context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5]; // add the value you want
yourView.alpha = 0.0f;
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
Maybe there are better ways to do it, but i think this one will do the trick, and lets you create your view as you need it. The trick with animation will add a nice look and feel to your feedback. Hope that helps :)

Answer 2

You can create a Custom View by UIView and use the NSTimer to display it for a certain time and remove the view

Answer 3

You can display a custom view with [.... addSubview: yourView].
After that, u create a NSTimer, with a 1 second delay for example.
On the timer´s selector, u can do a backcount, and show for example
on your custom view, how much remain time the view will be shown.
On the selector, make an if, and after X seconds just do
[youtView removeFromSuperview];

Answer 4

You can use a custom view with scheduled timer to present some info and then hide it when the timer completes.
However, if you are looking for a Android-style toast that shows pop-up like information and then hides after a specific time. Then, you might consider using Toast Control for iOS. This is one of the easiest controls (Atleast, I've come across) for implementing simple popup without having user to cancel it.