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UIAlertController doesn't display and crashes/freezes app in iOS8


I am trying to create a button on my app that when pressed will ask the user whether or not they want to add a picture by taking it or by choosing an existing photo from their library. I have been searching all over for the past few days and I have pieced together this code from a few tutorials and some other questions asked on this site. I have this in Xcode and have it connected to a bottom bar button. When I run the simulator and press the button the app freezes or crashes. Any ideas why this is happening?

-(IBAction)showAlertAction:(id)sender
{
    UIAlertController * alertController = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle: nil
                                                                              message: nil
                                                                       preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet];
    [alertController addAction: [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle: @"Take Photo" style: UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction *action) {

        picker = [[UIImagePickerController alloc]init];
        picker.delegate = self;
        [picker setSourceType:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera];
        [self presentViewController: picker animated: YES completion:NULL];

    }]];
    [alertController addAction: [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle: @"Choose Existing Photo" style: UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction *action) {

        picker2 = [[UIImagePickerController alloc]init];
        picker2.delegate = self;
        [picker2 setSourceType:UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary];
        [self presentViewController: picker2 animated: YES completion:NULL];

    }]];

    alertController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPopover;

    UIView *senderView = (UIView *) sender;
    UIPopoverPresentationController * popover = alertController.popoverPresentationController;
    popover.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp;
    popover.sourceView = senderView;
    popover.sourceRect = senderView.bounds;

    [self presentViewController: alertController animated: YES completion: nil];
}

Here is the error given in the debug section...

2015-07-08 10:37:13.162 LED Audit[6011:282032] -[UIBarButtonItem bounds]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7b658770
2015-07-08 10:37:13.518 LED Audit[6011:282032] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[UIBarButtonItem bounds]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7b658770'
*** First throw call stack:
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x008b9746 __exceptionPreprocess + 182
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00542a97 objc_exception_throw + 44
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x008c1705 -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 277
    3   CoreFoundation                      0x00808287 ___forwarding___ + 1047
    4   CoreFoundation                      0x008baede __forwarding_prep_1___ + 14
    5   LED Audit                           0x000570ea -[PictureViewController showAlertAction:] + 1130
    6   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x005587cd -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 84
    7   UIKit                               0x00c79a90 -[UIApplication sendAction:to:from:forEvent:] + 99
    8   UIKit                               0x00fffbba -[UIBarButtonItem(UIInternal) _sendAction:withEvent:] + 139
    9   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x005587cd -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 84
    10  UIKit                               0x00c79a90 -[UIApplication sendAction:to:from:forEvent:] + 99
    11  UIKit                               0x00c79a22 -[UIApplication sendAction:toTarget:fromSender:forEvent:] + 64
    12  UIKit                               0x00dba18a -[UIControl sendAction:to:forEvent:] + 69
    13  UIKit                               0x00dba5a7 -[UIControl _sendActionsForEvents:withEvent:] + 598
    14  UIKit                               0x00db9811 -[UIControl touchesEnded:withEvent:] + 660
    15  UIKit                               0x00cd1cfa -[UIWindow _sendTouchesForEvent:] + 874
    16  UIKit                               0x00cd27d6 -[UIWindow sendEvent:] + 792
    17  UIKit                               0x00c906d1 -[UIApplication sendEvent:] + 242
    18  UIKit                               0x00ca0b08 _UIApplicationHandleEventFromQueueEvent + 21484
    19  UIKit                               0x00c74337 _UIApplicationHandleEventQueue + 2300
    20  CoreFoundation                      0x007db06f __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION__ + 15
    21  CoreFoundation                      0x007d0b7d __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 253
    22  CoreFoundation                      0x007d00d8 __CFRunLoopRun + 952
    23  CoreFoundation                      0x007cfa5b CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 443
    24  CoreFoundation                      0x007cf88b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
    25  GraphicsServices                    0x03b1f2c9 GSEventRunModal + 192
    26  GraphicsServices                    0x03b1f106 GSEventRun + 104
    27  UIKit                               0x00c78106 UIApplicationMain + 1526
    28  LED Audit                           0x00058d9a main + 138
    29  libdyld.dylib                       0x02c45ac9 start + 1
    30  ???                                 0x00000001 0x0 + 1
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
(lldb) 

Solution

  • You should not use a bar button item as a view, it is not. The fix is very simple.

    UIPopoverPresentationController * popover = alertController.popoverPresentationController;
    popover.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirectionUp;
    popover.barButtonItem = sender;