UIAlertView/UIAlertController iOS 7 and iOS 8 compatibility

Question

I am using Swift to write an app and I need to show an alert. The app must be iOS 7 and iOS 8 compatible. Since UIAlertView has been replaced with UIAlert

Answer 1

If this is shared code, and there is the possibility that the code can be used in an iOS 8 extension (where UIAlertView and UIActionSheet are restricted APIs) as well as iOS 7, where UIAlertController does not exist, have a look at: JVAlertController

It is an API-compatible back-port of UIAlertController to iOS 7, that I undertook to make SDK code safe for use in both iOS 7 and iOS 8 extensions.