How to use custom UIAlertview in multiple ViewControllers? - swift

Question

I am looking for a way to call a custom alert view from multiple view controllers. So far I have made several different attempts without success.
I created an alert view with an interface builder that works fine on one view controller but not the other.
I then tried creating the alert view programmatically thinking it may have something to do with the outlets not being connected on the other view controller. This one also worked on one view controller and not the other.
I made a separate swift file and made a public function and the same result. With this last method, I am able to successfully re-use a regular UIAlertController on multiple view controllers but that is not exactly what I am looking for.
With the first two methods, I do not get any compiling errors. The app runs fine and then crashes when I call the alert from another view controller.
Thanks in advance for any input!
EDIT:
This example works when I put it in another swift file.
public func showSimpleAlert(title: String, message: String?, presentingController: UIViewController) {
if IS_OS_8_OR_LATER() {
let controller = UIAlertController(title: title, message: message, preferredStyle: .Alert)
controller.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .Cancel, handler: { (action) -> Void in
}))
presentingController.presentViewController(controller, animated: true, completion: nil)
} else {
let alert = UIAlertView(title: title, message: message, delegate: nil, cancelButtonTitle: "OK")
alert.show()
}
}
This is the one I want to work on.
public func showAlert(oMsg: String, oTitle:String) {
alertView.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
alertView.layer.cornerRadius = 25
alertTitleLabel.text = oTitle as String
alertTitleLabel.font = UIFont(name: "Open-Sans-Bold", size: 20)
alertTitleLabel.textColor = UIColor.blackColor()
alertTitleLabel.textAlignment = .Center
alertTitleLabel.numberOfLines = 1
alertTitleLabel.frame = CGRectMake(25, 60, 264, 112)
alertLabel.text = oMsg as String
alertLabel.font = UIFont(name: "Open-Sans", size: 20)
alertLabel.textColor = UIColor.blackColor()
alertLabel.textAlignment = .Center
alertLabel.numberOfLines = 4
alertLabel.frame = CGRectMake(25, 130, 264, 112)
okButton.setTitle("OK", forState: .Normal)
okButton.setTitleColor(UIColor.blueColor(), forState: .Normal)
okButton.frame = CGRectMake(60, 230, 197, 75)
okButton.addTarget(UIViewController.self, action:#selector(LoginViewController.buttonAction(_:)), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
}

Answer 1

I will give the answer for a simple custom alertview which is basically a modified uiviewcontroller. you can use a uiviewcontroller as a uialertviewcontroller as follow.
Simple AlertView::
The AlertVC:
import UIKit
class ErrorAlert: UIViewController {
var titlenote:String = ""
var message:String = ""
#IBOutlet weak var cancelBtn: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var messageHolder: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var imageHolder: UIImageView!
#IBOutlet weak var titleHolder: UILabel!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.black.withAlphaComponent(0.7)
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
}
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
self.messageHolder.text = self.message
self.titleHolder.text = self.titlenote
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
#IBAction func dismiss(_ sender: Any) {
self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
This viewcontroller can be reuse in any vc and any number of times.
Useage Example::
let alertController = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "erroralert") as! ErrorAlert
alertController.titlenote = "Invalid login"
alertController.message = "Invalid facebook account."
alertController.providesPresentationContextTransitionStyle = true
alertController.definesPresentationContext = true
alertController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.overCurrentContext
alertController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyle.crossDissolve
self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
I have made the background of the alertviewvc semitransparent by setting the alpha value.
Actual Display ::
You can make more complex alertview by this method but for reusability you have apply some logic as the button actions will be different for different viewcontroller. Example -- Sometime you can use the alertview for logout alert or sometime for submitting a form .So in both cases the action will be different so for reusability you have to write extra logic.
Another alertView::
I hope my answer will help you.:)