Is there any way to add UIPickerView into UIAlertController (Alert or ActionSheet) in Swift?

Question

I\'m totally new to swift (and iOS programming at all), but I started messing around with it (it wasn\'t a good idea when everything is still beta version :D). So I tried to

Answer 1

Try this I done some trick...

Below code is working for me in iPod iOS8beta5 + XCode6
I add UIActivityIndicatorView control in UIAlertController in objective-c.

UIAlertController *alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:nil
                                        message:@"Please wait\n\n\n"
                                 preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

    UIActivityIndicatorView *spinner = [[UIActivityIndicatorView alloc] initWithActivityIndicatorStyle:UIActivityIndicatorViewStyleWhiteLarge];
    spinner.center = CGPointMake(130.5, 65.5);
    spinner.color = [UIColor blackColor];
    [spinner startAnimating];
    [alert.view addSubview:spinner];
    [self presentViewController:alert animated:NO completion:nil];

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Note :
It's in objective-c but by this it's prove that we can also do this using swift.

Answer 2

I think it is not bad idea to start from beta. You need custom UIAlertView. Pay attention to UIAlertController it's available only in iOS 8.0.

Look there and there

Answer 3

You can add Picker like UIActionSheet in iOS 8 using Objective-C by:-

 colorArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc ]initWithObjects:@"One", @"Two", @"Three", @"Four", @"Five", nil];
picker = [[UIPickerView alloc]init];
picker.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 44.0,self.view.frame.size.width, 216.0);
picker.dataSource = self;
picker.delegate = self;
picker.showsSelectionIndicator = true;
picker.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];

UIToolbar* pickerDateToolbar = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 44)];  //(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 44))
pickerDateToolbar.barStyle =  UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent;//UIBarStyle.Black
pickerDateToolbar.barTintColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
pickerDateToolbar.translucent = true;
actionView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];


UILabel* label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(150, 5, 150, 20)];
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
label.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
label.shadowColor = [UIColor blackColor];
label.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 1);
label.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15];//[UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:15];
label.text = @"Select a Status";
UIBarButtonItem *labeltext= [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:label];


UIBarButtonItem *cancelBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Cancel" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(cancel_clicked:)];

UIBarButtonItem *flexSpace = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace target:nil action:nil];

UIBarButtonItem *doneBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Done" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:@selector(done_clicked:)];

pickerDateToolbar.items = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:cancelBtn,flexSpace,labeltext,doneBtn,nil];

cancelBtn.tintColor = [UIColor blueColor];
doneBtn.tintColor = [UIColor blueColor];

[actionView addSubview:pickerDateToolbar];
[actionView addSubview:picker];

if (window != nil) {
[window addSubview:actionView];
}
else
{
[self.view addSubview:actionView];
}

[UIView animateWithDuration:(0.2) animations:^{
actionView.frame = CGRectMake(0, self.view.frame.size.height - 260.0, self.view.frame.size.width, 260.0);
self.view.alpha = 0.5;
actionView.alpha = 1;
}];

In ViewDidLoad add this,

UIApplication * delegate = [UIApplication sharedApplication];
UIWindow *myWindow = delegate.keyWindow;
NSArray *myWindow2 = delegate.windows;

if(myWindow == [UIApplication sharedApplication].keyWindow)
window = myWindow;
else
window = myWindow2[0];

actionView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds.size.height, UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds.size.width, 240.0)];

// This is to Create ActionView and for faded background when picker is displayed in popup.

-(void)cancel_clicked:(id)sender{
NSLog(@"cancel clicked");
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.2 animations:^{
actionView.frame = CGRectMake(0, UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds.size.height - 260.0, UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds.size.width, 260.0);
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
self.view.alpha = 1;
[actionView removeFromSuperview];
}];

}

// Cancel Button Click Method.

-(void)done_clicked:(id)sender{
NSLog(@"done clicked");
self.view.userInteractionEnabled = TRUE;

[UIView animateWithDuration:0.2 animations:^{
actionView.frame = CGRectMake(0, UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds.size.height - 260.0, UIScreen.mainScreen.bounds.size.width, 260.0);
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
_permitStatus.text = [colorArray objectAtIndex:[picker selectedRowInComponent:0]];
self.view.alpha = 1;
[actionView removeFromSuperview];
}];

}

// For Done Button Click.

Answer 4

Swift 5.2 / Xcode 11.6 / iOS 11.4

func addAlert(){

    // create the alert
    let title = "This is the title"
    let message = "This is the message"
    let alert = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle: UIAlertController.Style.alert);
    alert.isModalInPopover = true;

    // add an action button
    let nextAction: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Action", style: .default){action->Void in
        // do something
    }
    alert.addAction(nextAction)

    // now create our custom view - we are using a container view which can contain other views
    let containerViewWidth = 250
    let containerViewHeight = 120
    let containerFrame = CGRect(x:10, y: 70, width: CGFloat(containerViewWidth), height: CGFloat(containerViewHeight));
    let containerView: UIView = UIView(frame: containerFrame);

    alert.view.addSubview(containerView)

    // now add some constraints to make sure that the alert resizes itself
    let cons:NSLayoutConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: alert.view, attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute.height, relatedBy: NSLayoutConstraint.Relation.greaterThanOrEqual, toItem: containerView, attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute.height, multiplier: 1.00, constant: 130)

    alert.view.addConstraint(cons)

    let cons2:NSLayoutConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: alert.view, attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute.width, relatedBy: NSLayoutConstraint.Relation.greaterThanOrEqual, toItem: containerView, attribute: NSLayoutConstraint.Attribute.width, multiplier: 1.00, constant: 20)

    alert.view.addConstraint(cons2)

    // present with our view controller
    present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

}

Answer 5

I needed to do the same thing and this is how I resolved it. I did something similar to Jageen. My code is below. Note that I put values in the UIPickerView in a different part of the code.

//Need to use an UIAlertController for iOS 8 instead of an action view
UIAlertController *alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:nil
                              message:@"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
                              preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

//Make a frame for the picker & then create the picker
CGRect pickerFrame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 270, 100);
UIPickerView *regionsPicker = [[UIPickerView alloc] initWithFrame:pickerFrame];

//There will be 3 pickers on this view so I am going to use the tag as a way
//to identify them in the delegate and datasource
regionsPicker.tag = 1;

//set the pickers datasource and delegate
regionsPicker.dataSource = self;
regionsPicker.delegate = self;

//set the pickers selection indicator to true so that the user will now which one that they are chosing
[regionsPicker setShowsSelectionIndicator:YES];

//Add the picker to the alert controller
[alert.view addSubview:regionsPicker];

//make the toolbar view
UIView *toolView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 270.0f, 44.f)];
toolView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor]; //set it's background


//add buttons to the view
CGRect buttonFrame = CGRectMake(0, 5, 100, 30); //size & position of the button as placed on the toolView
//make the cancel button & set the title
UIButton *button = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame: buttonFrame];
[button setTitle: @"Cancel" forState: UIControlStateNormal];
[button setTitleColor: [UIColor blueColor] forState: UIControlStateNormal]; //make the color blue to keep the same look as prev version
[toolView addSubview:button]; //add to the subview

//Add the tartget
[button addTarget: self
           action: @selector(cancelRegionSet)
 forControlEvents: UIControlEventTouchDown];

//do the same for the select button
buttonFrame = CGRectMake(90, 5, 100, 30);
UIButton *selButton = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:buttonFrame];
[selButton setTitle:@"Select" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[selButton setTitleColor:[UIColor blueColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[toolView addSubview:selButton];

[selButton addTarget: self
              action: @selector(dismissRegionSet:)
 forControlEvents: UIControlEventTouchDown];

//add the toolbar to the alert controller
[alert.view addSubview:toolView];

[self presentViewController:alert animated:NO completion:nil];

Answer 6

Here is a github project that pops up a UIDatePicker in the center of the screen. It does not use UIAlertController or UIAlertView. I don't think that's the intent of the alert classes.