Strange behavior of Cancel button's ActionSheet

Question

I'm new in Objective-C, I try to code an iPad App (Objective-C 2.0, Xcode 4.0.1). I "play" with ActionSheet to understand how it works. In a nib file I put a button binded to my "buttonPressed" method.

I've written this code :

-(IBAction)buttonPressed
{   
    UIActionSheet *myActionSheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:@"My Action Sheet" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" destructiveButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:@"Test", nil];

    NSLog([NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", [myActionSheet numberOfButtons]]);
    NSLog([myActionSheet buttonTitleAtIndex:0]);
    NSLog([myActionSheet buttonTitleAtIndex:1]);
    NSLog([myActionSheet buttonTitleAtIndex:2]);

    [myActionSheet showInView:self.view];
    [myActionSheet release];
}

This is the NSLog result :

2011-04-14 14:52:30.428 TrampManage[3568:207] 3
2011-04-14 14:52:30.429 TrampManage[3568:207] OK
2011-04-14 14:52:30.430 TrampManage[3568:207] Test
2011-04-14 14:52:30.432 TrampManage[3568:207] Cancel

But the displayed view is quiet different (cf image : http://www.imagup.com/data/1117452257.html). For the moment, I've one simple question : Why my "Cancel" button doesn't appear ?

More informations here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2760545/action-sheet-doesnt-show-cancel-button-on-ipad — Sulley, Apr 14 '11 at 17:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:52

on ipad it doesn't shows the cancel button. because ipad has more width than the iphone & for dismiss it you can tab outside the actionsheet on ipad.

Detail explaination:

see this image of iphone which shows ok button enter image description here

below Figure shows the action sheet when displayed on the iPad. Interestingly, on the iPad the OK button (set by the cancelButtonTitle: parameter) is not displayed.

enter image description here

The value (buttonIndex) of each button when clicked is as follows:
➤ Delete Message — 0
➤ Option 1 — 1
➤ Option 2 — 2
➤ OK — 3
On the iPad, when the user taps on an area outside of the action sheet, the action sheet is dismissed and the value of buttonIndex becomes 3. Interestingly, if you specified nil for the cancelButtonTitle: part, the value of buttonIndex would be –1 when the action sheet is dismissed.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '11 at 13:25

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As your tag hints, you are probably working on an ipad project.

The documentation says about the cancel button for iPads:

cancelButtonTitle The title of the cancel button. This button is added to the action sheet automatically and assigned an appropriate index, which is available from the cancelButtonIndex property. This button is displayed in black to indicate that it represents the cancel action. Specify nil if you do not want a cancel button or are presenting the action sheet on an iPad.

You can cancel by touching outside the action sheet.

answered Apr 14 '11 at 13:25

Nick Weaver

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Thank you for your quick answer. I've already read the ActionSheet Reference documentation, and your bypass suggestion is interesting but... What if I want a CancelButton ? – Sulley Apr 14 '11 at 13:31
use other buttons for it, you'll have to live with with the light background color though. – Nick Weaver Apr 14 '11 at 13:37

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 14 '11 at 13:26

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You're most likely on an iPad, where the new interface idiom is to not show the cancel button. A user can cancel the sheet by simply clicking outside the sheet. Not the best design decision IMHO, but that's the way it is now.

answered Apr 14 '11 at 13:26

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Strange behavior of Cancel button's ActionSheet

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