Displaying a message in iOS which has the same functionality as Toast in Android

Question

I need to know if there is any method in iOS which behaves like Toast messages in Android. That is, I need to display a message which is dismissed automatically after few se

Answer 1

Swift 3

For a simple solution without third party code:

Just use a normal UIAlertController but with style = actionSheet (look at code down below)

let alertDisapperTimeInSeconds = 2.0
let alert = UIAlertController(title: nil, message: "Toast!", preferredStyle: .actionSheet)
self.present(alert, animated: true)
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: DispatchTime.now() + alertDisapperTimeInSeconds) {
  alert.dismiss(animated: true)
}

The advantage of this solution:

1. Android like Toast message
2. Still iOS Look&Feel

Answer 2

NSString *message = @"Some message...";

UIAlertView *toast = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:nil
                                                message:message
                                               delegate:nil
                                      cancelButtonTitle:nil
                                      otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
[toast show];

int duration = 1; // duration in seconds

dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, duration * NSEC_PER_SEC), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
    [toast dismissWithClickedButtonIndex:0 animated:YES];
});

Using UIAlertViewController for iOS 9 or later

NSString *message = @"Some message...";

UIAlertController *alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:nil
                                                               message:message
                                                        preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];

[self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];

int duration = 1; // duration in seconds

dispatch_after(dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, duration * NSEC_PER_SEC), dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
    [alert dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
});

Swift 3.2

let message = "Some message..."
let alert = UIAlertController(title: nil, message: message, preferredStyle: .alert)
self.present(alert, animated: true)

// duration in seconds
let duration: Double = 5

DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: DispatchTime.now() + duration) {
    alert.dismiss(animated: true)
}

Answer 3

If you want one with iOS Style, download this framework from Github

iOS Toast Alert View Framework

This examples work on you UIViewController, once you imported the Framework.

Example 1:

//Manual 
let tav = ToastAlertView()
tav.message = "Hey!"
tav.image = UIImage(named: "img1")!
tav.show()
//tav.dismiss() to Hide

Example 2:

//Toast Alert View with Time Dissmis Only
self.showToastAlert("5 Seconds",
                image: UIImage(named: "img1")!,
                hideWithTap: false,
                hideWithTime: true,
                hideTime: 5.0)

Final:

Answer 4

1) Download toast-notifications-ios from this link

2) go to Targets -> Build Phases and add -fno-objc-arc to the "compiler Sources" for relevant files

3) make a function and #import "iToast.h"

-(void)showToast :(NSString *)strMessage {
    iToast * objiTost = [iToast makeText:strMessage];
    [objiTost setFontSize:11];
    [objiTost setDuration:iToastDurationNormal];
    [objiTost setGravity:iToastGravityBottom];
    [objiTost show];
}

4) call where you need to display toast message

[self showToast:@"This is example text."];

Answer 5

Here's your solution :
Put Below code into your Xcode project and enjoy,

- (void)showMessage:(NSString*)message atPoint:(CGPoint)point {
const CGFloat fontSize = 16;

UILabel* label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
label.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica-Bold" size:fontSize];
label.text = message;
label.textColor = UIColorFromRGB(0x07575B);
[label sizeToFit];

label.center = point;

[self.view addSubview:label];

[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 delay:1 options:0 animations:^{
    label.alpha = 0;
} completion:^(BOOL finished) {
    label.hidden = YES;
    [label removeFromSuperview];
}];
}

How to use ?

[self showMessage:@"Toast in iOS" atPoint:CGPointMake(160, 695)];

Answer 6

This is how I have done in Swift 3.0. I created UIView extension and calling the self.view.showToast(message: "Message Here", duration: 3.0) and self.view.hideToast()

extension UIView{
var showToastTag :Int {return 999}

//Generic Show toast
func showToast(message : String, duration:TimeInterval) {

    let toastLabel = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x:0, y:0, width: (self.frame.size.width)-60, height:64))

    toastLabel.backgroundColor = UIColor.gray
    toastLabel.textColor = UIColor.black
    toastLabel.numberOfLines = 0
    toastLabel.layer.borderColor = UIColor.lightGray.cgColor
    toastLabel.layer.borderWidth = 1.0
    toastLabel.textAlignment = .center;
    toastLabel.font = UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue", size: 17.0)
    toastLabel.text = message
    toastLabel.center = self.center
    toastLabel.isEnabled = true
    toastLabel.alpha = 0.99
    toastLabel.tag = showToastTag
    toastLabel.layer.cornerRadius = 10;
    toastLabel.clipsToBounds  =  true
    self.addSubview(toastLabel)

    UIView.animate(withDuration: duration, delay: 0.1, options: .curveEaseOut, animations: {
        toastLabel.alpha = 0.95
    }, completion: {(isCompleted) in
        toastLabel.removeFromSuperview()
    })
}

//Generic Hide toast
func hideToast(){
    if let view = self.viewWithTag(self.showToastTag){
        view.removeFromSuperview()
    }
  }
}