UIAlertController is moved to buggy position at top of screen when it calls `presentViewController:`

Question

Presenting a view from a UIAlertController moves the alert to a buggy position at the top-left corner of the screen. iOS 8.1, device and simulator.

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Answer 1

In addition to Carl Lindberg's answer There are two cases that also should be taken into account:

1. Device rotating
2. Keyboard height when there is a text field inside alert

So, the full answer that worked for me:

// fix for rotation

-(void)viewWillTransitionToSize:(CGSize)size withTransitionCoordinator:(id)coordinator
{
    [super viewWillTransitionToSize:size withTransitionCoordinator:coordinator];
    [coordinator animateAlongsideTransition:^(id context) {
    } completion:^(id context) {
        [self.view setNeedsLayout];
    }];
}

// fix for keyboard

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:) name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillHide:) name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];
}

-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];
}

- (void)dealloc
{
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
}

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)notification
{
    NSDictionary *keyboardUserInfo = [notification userInfo];
    CGSize keyboardSize = [[keyboardUserInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
    self.keyboardHeight = keyboardSize.height;
    [self.view setNeedsLayout];
}

- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)notification
{
    self.keyboardHeight = 0;
    [self.view setNeedsLayout];
}

// position layout fix

-(void)viewDidLayoutSubviews
{
    [super viewDidLayoutSubviews];
    [self fixAlertPosition];
}

-(void)fixAlertPosition
{
    if (self.preferredStyle == UIAlertControllerStyleAlert && self.view.window)
    {
        CGRect myRect = self.view.bounds;
        CGRect windowRect = [self.view convertRect:myRect toView:nil];
        if (!CGRectContainsRect(self.view.window.bounds, windowRect) || CGPointEqualToPoint(windowRect.origin, CGPointZero))
        {
            CGRect myFrame = self.view.frame;
            CGRect superBounds = self.view.superview.bounds;
            myFrame.origin.x = CGRectGetMidX(superBounds) - myFrame.size.width / 2;
            myFrame.origin.y = (superBounds.size.height - myFrame.size.height - self.keyboardHeight) / 2;
            self.view.frame = myFrame;
        }
    }
    else if (self.preferredStyle == UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet && self.traitCollection.userInterfaceIdiom == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone && self.view.window)
    {
        CGRect myRect = self.view.bounds;
        CGRect windowRect = [self.view convertRect:myRect toView:nil];
        if (!CGRectContainsRect(self.view.window.bounds, windowRect) || CGPointEqualToPoint(windowRect.origin, CGPointZero))
        {
            UIScreen *screen = self.view.window.screen;
            CGFloat borderPadding = ((screen.nativeBounds.size.width / screen.nativeScale) - myRect.size.width) / 2.0f;
            CGRect myFrame = self.view.frame;
            CGRect superBounds = self.view.superview.bounds;
            myFrame.origin.x = CGRectGetMidX(superBounds) - myFrame.size.width / 2;
            myFrame.origin.y = superBounds.size.height - myFrame.size.height - borderPadding;
            self.view.frame = myFrame;
        }
    }
}

Also, if using category, then you need to store keyboard height somehow, like this:

@interface UIAlertController (Extended)

@property (nonatomic) CGFloat keyboardHeight;

@end

@implementation UIAlertController (Extended)

static char keyKeyboardHeight;

- (void) setKeyboardHeight:(CGFloat)height {
    objc_setAssociatedObject (self,&keyKeyboardHeight,@(height),OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN);
}

-(CGFloat)keyboardHeight {
    NSNumber *value = (id)objc_getAssociatedObject(self, &keyKeyboardHeight);
    return value.floatValue;
}

@end