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iosswiftuialertviewswift3xcode8-beta4

Why doesn't this UIAlertController show?


While attempting to implement a UI Alert I have encountered some issues. I am using swift 3.0 in Xcode 8 beta 4, I am attempting to have a button which activates a alert, one button (cancel) dismisses the alert the other (ok) performs an action as a UIAction Button would, however I have been unable to even get an alert to show.

var warning = UIAlertController(title: "warning", message: "This will erase all content", preferredStyle: .Alert)

var okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) {
    UIAlertAction in
    NSLog("OK Pressed")
}

var cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel) {
    UIAlertAction in
    NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
}

warning.addAction(okAction) {
   // this is where the actions to erase the content in the strings 
}
warning.addAction(cancelAction)

self.presentViewController(warning, animated: true, completion: nil)

Solution

  • That code isn't compatible with Swift 3. Things like .Alert are now .alert. And the presentViewController method is quite different.

    This should work.

    let warning = UIAlertController(title: "warning", message: "This will erase all content", preferredStyle: .alert)
    
        let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.default) {
            UIAlertAction in
            NSLog("OK Pressed")
            //ok action should go here
        }
    
    
        let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.cancel) {
            UIAlertAction in
            NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
        }
    
        warning.addAction(okAction)
        warning.addAction(cancelAction)
    
        present(warning, animated: true, completion: nil)
    

    Why did you have the closure after addAction(okAction) instead of when you created the alert?

    Hope this helps!