Creating iPhone Pop-up Menu Similar to Mail App Menu - ios

Question

I'd like to create a pop-up menu similar to the one found in the mail app when you want to reply to a message. I've seen this in more than one application so I wasn't sure if there was something built into the framework for it or some example code out there.

Answer 1

Creating an Action Sheet in Swift
Code has been tested with Swift 5
Since iOS 8, UIAlertController combined with UIAlertControllerStyle.ActionSheet is used. UIActionSheet is deprecated.
Here is the code to produce the Action Sheet in the above image:
class ViewController: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet weak var showActionSheetButton: UIButton!
#IBAction func showActionSheetButtonTapped(sender: UIButton) {
// Create the action sheet
let myActionSheet = UIAlertController(title: "Color", message: "What color would you like?", preferredStyle: UIAlertController.Style.actionSheet)
// blue action button
let blueAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Blue", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default) { (action) in
print("Blue action button tapped")
}
// red action button
let redAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Red", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default) { (action) in
print("Red action button tapped")
}
// yellow action button
let yellowAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Yellow", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default) { (action) in
print("Yellow action button tapped")
}
// cancel action button
let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertAction.Style.cancel) { (action) in
print("Cancel action button tapped")
}
// add action buttons to action sheet
myActionSheet.addAction(blueAction)
myActionSheet.addAction(redAction)
myActionSheet.addAction(yellowAction)
myActionSheet.addAction(cancelAction)
// present the action sheet
self.present(myActionSheet, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
Still need help? Watch this video tutorial. That's how I learned it.
UIActionSheet example in Swift (Contrary to the name, it actually does use the new UIAlertController action sheet rather than UIActionSheet.)

Answer 2

It is a UIAlertController on iOS 8+, and a UIActionSheet on earlier versions.

Answer 3

Check out the UICatalog example on Apple's website. The "Alerts" section has examples of how to use UIActionSheet to accomplish what you're trying to do.

Answer 4

You need to use a UIActionSheet.
First you need to add UIActionSheetDelegate to your ViewController .h file.
Then you can reference an actionsheet with:
UIActionSheet *popup = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:#"Select Sharing option:" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"Cancel" destructiveButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:
#"Share on Facebook",
#"Share on Twitter",
#"Share via E-mail",
#"Save to Camera Roll",
#"Rate this App",
nil];
popup.tag = 1;
[popup showInView:self.view];
Then you have to handle each of the calls.
- (void)actionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)popup clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {
switch (popup.tag) {
case 1: {
switch (buttonIndex) {
case 0:
[self FBShare];
break;
case 1:
[self TwitterShare];
break;
case 2:
[self emailContent];
break;
case 3:
[self saveContent];
break;
case 4:
[self rateAppYes];
break;
default:
break;
}
break;
}
default:
break;
}
}
This has been deprecated as of iOS 8.x.
https://developer.apple.com/Library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIAlertController_class/index.html

Answer 5

This is how you'd do it in Objective-C on iOS 8+:
UIAlertController *alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:#"Directions"
message:#"Select mode of transportation:"
preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet];
UIAlertAction *drivingAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:#"Driving" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction * _Nonnull action) {
// this block runs when the driving option is selected
}];
UIAlertAction *walkingAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:#"Walking" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction * _Nonnull action) {
// this block runs when the walking option is selected
}];
UIAlertAction *defaultAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:#"Cancel" style:UIAlertActionStyleCancel handler:nil];
[alert addAction:drivingAction];
[alert addAction:walkingAction];
[alert addAction:defaultAction];
[self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];

Answer 6

To everybody who is looking for a solution in Swift:
Adopt UIActionSheetDelegate protocol
Create and show the ActinSheet:
let sheet: UIActionSheet = UIActionSheet()
sheet.addButtonWithTitle("button 1")
sheet.addButtonWithTitle("button 2")
sheet.addButtonWithTitle("button 3")
sheet.addButtonWithTitle("Cancel")
sheet.cancelButtonIndex = sheet.numberOfButtons - 1
sheet.delegate = self
sheet.showInView(self.view)
The delegate function:
func actionSheet(actionSheet: UIActionSheet!, clickedButtonAtIndex buttonIndex: Int){
switch buttonIndex{
case 0:
NSLog("button1");
case 1:
NSLog("button2");
case 2:
NSLog("button3");
case actionSheet.cancelButtonIndex:
NSLog("cancel");
break;
default:
NSLog("blub");
break;
}
}

Answer 7

I tried to add ActionSheet on my view. So I've been trying to find perfect solution but some answers made me confused. Because most of questions about Action sheet were written so long time ago.Also it has not been updated.
Anyway...I will write old version ActionSheet and updated version ActionSheet.
I hope my answer is able to make your brain peaceful.
----------Updated Version---------
UIAlertController * alertController = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:#"Action Sheet" message:#"writeMessageOrsetAsNil" preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet];
UIAlertAction* actionSheet01 = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:#"OK" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) { NSLog(#"OK click");}];
UIAlertAction* actionSheet02 = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:#"No" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {NSLog(#"OK click");}];
UIAlertAction* actionSheet03 = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:#"Cancel" style:UIAlertActionStyleCancel
handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
NSLog(#"Cancel click");}];
[browserAlertController addAction:actionSheet01];
[browserAlertController addAction:actionSheet02];
[browserAlertController addAction:actionSheet03];
[self presentViewController:browserAlertController animated:YES completion:nil];
-------Old Version------
UIActionSheet *actionSheet= [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:#"Select Sharing option:" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"Cancel" destructiveButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:#“OK”, #“NO”,#“Cancel”,
nil];
actionSheet.tag = 100;
[actionSheet showInView:self.view];
- (void)actionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)actionShee clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {
if( actionSheet.tag == 100){
switch (buttonIndex) {
case 0:
[self doSomething];
break;
case 1:
[self doAnything];
break;
case 2:
[self doNothing];
break;
default:
break;
}
break;
}
}