How to add an action to a UIAlertView button using Swift iOS

Question

I want to add another button other than the "OK" button which should just dismiss the alert. I want the other button to call a certain function.

var logInErrorAlert: UIAlertView = UIAlertView()
logInErrorAlert.title = "Ooops"
logInErrorAlert.message = "Unable to log in."
logInErrorAlert.addButtonWithTitle("Ok")

How do I add another button to this alert, and then allow it to call a function once clicks so lets say we want the new button to call:

 retry()

score 166 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 10 '18 at 18:16

The Swifty way is to use the new UIAlertController and closures:

    // Create the alert controller
    let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Title", message: "Message", preferredStyle: .Alert)

    // Create the actions
    let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) {
        UIAlertAction in
        NSLog("OK Pressed")
    }
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel) {
        UIAlertAction in
        NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
    }

    // Add the actions
    alertController.addAction(okAction)
    alertController.addAction(cancelAction)

    // Present the controller
    self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Swift 3:

    // Create the alert controller
    let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Title", message: "Message", preferredStyle: .alert)

    // Create the actions
    let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.default) {
        UIAlertAction in
        NSLog("OK Pressed")
    }
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.cancel) {
        UIAlertAction in
        NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
    }

    // Add the actions
    alertController.addAction(okAction)
    alertController.addAction(cancelAction)

    // Present the controller
    self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Unfortunately, I am working with iOS 7.1 at the moment and UIAlertController is only available in iOS 8.0 +. So I have to user UIAlertView — Stephen Fox, Jun 12 '14 at 23:51
I did it exactly like you but the error does not appear, instead in the log it says "Warning, attempt to present on <_TtC13NSAlert_Swift14ViewController: 0x7c888f50> whose view is not in the window hierarchy!" Any idea what is the problem? — LinusGeffarth, Aug 19 '14 at 20:48
In my case, alert appears but buttons are not responding the touches. That said, neither "OK Pressed" nor "Cancel Pressed" shows up. — scaryguy, Aug 08 '16 at 04:30

score 17 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 03 '19 at 07:52

func showAlertAction(title: String, message: String){
    let alert = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle: UIAlertController.Style.alert)
    alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default, handler: {(action:UIAlertAction!) in
        print("Action")
    }))
    alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default, handler: nil))
    self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 12 '14 at 23:39

UIAlertViews use a delegate to communicate with you, the client.

You add a second button, and you create an object to receive the delegate messages from the view:

class LogInErrorDelegate : UIAlertViewDelegate {

    init {}

    // not sure of the prototype of this, you should look it up
    func alertView(view :UIAlertView, clickedButtonAtIndex :Integer) -> Void {
        switch clickedButtonAtIndex {
            case 0: 
               userClickedOK() // er something
            case 1:
               userClickedRetry()
              /* Don't use "retry" as a function name, it's a reserved word */

            default:
               userClickedRetry()
        }
    }

    /* implement rest of the delegate */
}
logInErrorAlert.addButtonWithTitle("Retry")

var myErrorDelegate = LogInErrorDelegate()
logInErrorAlert.delegate = myErrorDelegate

Shakeel Ahmed · Answer 4 · 2021-10-02T20:28:29.433

Swift 5+

let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Cart!", message: "Are you sure want to remove order details?", preferredStyle: .alert)
        // Create the actions
let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "YES", style: 
    UIAlertAction.Style.default) {
       UIAlertAction in
       print("Yes Pressed")
}
let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "CANCEL", style: 
    UIAlertAction.Style.cancel) {
       UIAlertAction in
       print("Cancel Pressed")
    }
// Add the actions
alert.addAction(okAction)
alert.addAction(cancelAction)

self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

OR

let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Alert!", message: "Are you sure want to remove your request?", preferredStyle: .alert)
                // Create the actions
        let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "YES", style: .destructive) {
               _ in
               print("Yes Pressed")
            self.funRemoveRequest(requestID: (self.requestStatusModel?.data?[sender.tag].id)!)
        }
        let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "CANCEL", style: .cancel) {
               _ in
               print("Cancel Pressed")
            }
        // Add the actions
        alert.addAction(okAction)
        alert.addAction(cancelAction)

        self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 13 '17 at 10:07

Swift 4 Update

        // Create the alert controller
        let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Title", message: "Message", preferredStyle: .alert)

        // Create the actions
        let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.default) {
            UIAlertAction in
            NSLog("OK Pressed")
        }
        let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.cancel) {
            UIAlertAction in
            NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
        }

        // Add the actions
        alertController.addAction(okAction)
        alertController.addAction(cancelAction)

        // Present the controller
        self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

UIAlertActionStyle.default is renamed to UIAlertAction.Style.default — smj, Mar 15 '19 at 09:18

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:32

based on swift:

let alertCtr = UIAlertController(title:"Title", message:"Message", preferredStyle: .Alert)
let Cancel = AlertAction(title:"remove", style: .Default, handler: {(UIAlertAction) -> Void in })
let Remove = UIAlertAction(title:"remove", style: .Destructive, handler:{(UIAlertAction)-> Void 
    inself.colorLabel.hidden = true    
})
alertCtr.addAction(Cancel)
alertCtr.addAction(Remove)

self.presentViewController(alertCtr, animated:true, completion:nil)}

SARATH SASI · Answer 7 · 2017-10-04T07:08:59.747

Swift 3.0 Version of Jake's Answer

// Create the alert controller

let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Alert!", message: "There is no items for the current user", preferredStyle: .alert)

            // Create the actions
            let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.default) {
                UIAlertAction in
                NSLog("OK Pressed")
            }
            let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.cancel) {
                UIAlertAction in
                NSLog("Cancel Pressed")
            }

            // Add the actions
            alertController.addAction(okAction)
            alertController.addAction(cancelAction)

            // Present the controller
            self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Aug 24 '15 at 10:52

See my code:

 @IBAction func foundclicked(sender: AnyObject) {

            if (amountTF.text.isEmpty)
            {
                let alert = UIAlertView(title: "Oops! Empty Field", message: "Please enter the amount", delegate: nil, cancelButtonTitle: "OK")

                alert.show()
            }

            else {

            var alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Confirm Bid Amount", message: "Final Bid Amount : "+amountTF.text , preferredStyle: .Alert)
            var okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Confirm", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) {
                UIAlertAction in

                JHProgressHUD.sharedHUD.loaderColor = UIColor.redColor()
                        JHProgressHUD.sharedHUD.showInView(self.view, withHeader: "Amount registering" , andFooter: "Loading")
                }
            var cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel) {
                UIAlertAction in

                alertController .removeFromParentViewController()
            }
                            alertController.addAction(okAction)
                            alertController.addAction(cancelAction)

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

            }

        }

score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Feb 22 '20 at 17:42

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this is for swift 4.2, 5 and 5+

let alert = UIAlertController(title: "ooops!", message: "Unable to login", preferredStyle: .alert)

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: .default, handler: nil))

self.present(alert, animated: true)

edited Feb 22 '20 at 17:42

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