Swift UIAlertController -> ActionSheet iPad iOS8 Crashes - iphone

Question

currently i'm running into big trouble with my ActionSheet. On iPhone it works great, but on iPad it only crashes
I create a new project with only one button
import UIKit
extension ViewController : UIActionSheetDelegate {
func actionSheet(actionSheet: UIActionSheet, didDismissWithButtonIndex buttonIndex: Int) {
if actionSheet.tag == 0 {
if buttonIndex == 1 {
// doing something for "product page"
} else if (buttonIndex == 2) {
// doing something for "video"
}
}
}
}
class ViewController: UIViewController, UIActionSheetDelegate {
#IBAction func test(sender: AnyObject) {
let systemVersion: NSInteger = (UIDevice.currentDevice().systemVersion as NSString).integerValue
if systemVersion < 8 {
// iOS7:
let action:UIActionSheet = UIActionSheet(title: "Change Map Type", delegate: self, cancelButtonTitle: "Back", destructiveButtonTitle: nil, otherButtonTitles: "Product Page", "Video")
action.tag = 0
action.showInView(self.view)
} else {
// iOS8:
let alertController: UIAlertController = UIAlertController(title: "Change Map Type", message: nil, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.ActionSheet)
let cancelAction: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Back", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel, handler: nil)
let button1action: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Product Page", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: { (action: UIAlertAction!) -> () in
// doing something for "product page"
})
let button2action: UIAlertAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Video", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: { (action: UIAlertAction!) -> () in
// doing something for "video"
})
alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
alertController.addAction(button1action)
alertController.addAction(button2action)
self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
}
As i said on the iphone it works, but if i click the button on iPad the App crashes with
2014-09-25 14:54:52.784 test[9541:1970048] * Terminating app due to
uncaught exception 'NSGenericException', reason: 'Your application has
presented a UIAlertController () of
style UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet. The modalPresentationStyle of
a UIAlertController with this style is UIModalPresentationPopover. You
must provide location information for this popover through the alert
controller's popoverPresentationController. You must provide either a
sourceView and sourceRect or a barButtonItem. If this information is
not known when you present the alert controller, you may provide it in
the UIPopoverPresentationControllerDelegate method
-prepareForPopoverPresentation.'
* First throw call stack: ( 0 CoreFoundation 0x00613df6 exceptionPreprocess + 182 1 libobjc.A.dylib
0x01fdaa97 objc_exception_throw + 44 2 UIKit
0x0164da37 -[UIPopoverPresentationController
presentationTransitionWillBegin] + 3086 3 UIKit
0x00f54f75 __71-[UIPresentationController
_initViewHierarchyForPresentationSuperview:]_block_invoke + 1666 4 UIKit 0x00f53554
__56-[UIPresentationController runTransitionForCurrentState]_block_invoke + 226 5 UIKit
0x00f8721b __40+[UIViewController _scheduleTransition:]_block_invoke +
18 6 UIKit 0x00e4d62e
___afterCACommitHandler_block_invoke + 15 7 UIKit 0x00e4d5d9 _applyBlockToCFArrayCopiedToStack + 415 8 UIKit
0x00e4d3ee _afterCACommitHandler + 545 9 CoreFoundation
0x00536fbe
__CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION + 30 10 CoreFoundation 0x00536f00 __CFRunLoopDoObservers
+ 400 11 CoreFoundation 0x0052c93a __CFRunLoopRun + 1226 12 CoreFoundation 0x0052c1ab CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 443 13 CoreFoundation
0x0052bfdb CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123 14 GraphicsServices
0x0438424f GSEventRunModal + 192 15 GraphicsServices
0x0438408c GSEventRun + 104 16 UIKit
0x00e23e16 UIApplicationMain + 1526 17 test
0x00085e9e top_level_code + 78 18 test
0x00085edb main + 43 19 libdyld.dylib
0x0273eac9 start + 1 20 ???
0x00000001 0x0 + 1 ) libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught
exception of type NSException
Project can be found at https://www.dropbox.com/s/54jqd8nsc67ll5g/test.zip?dl=0 for download and try.

Answer 1

The error message is telling you that you need to give the alert controller's popoverPresentationController a location so that it can position itself properly. This is easy to do -- just check to see if there's a popover controller and add the sender as the source.
If your button is a UIBarButtonItem:
if let popoverController = alertController.popoverPresentationController {
popoverController.barButtonItem = sender
}
self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
Otherwise:
if let popoverController = alertController.popoverPresentationController {
popoverController.sourceView = sender
popoverController.sourceRect = sender.bounds
}
self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 2

try this
alertController.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = self.view

Answer 3

If you want to present it in the centre with no arrows on iPads [Swift 3+]:
if let popoverController = alertController.popoverPresentationController {
popoverController.sourceView = self.view
popoverController.sourceRect = CGRect(x: self.view.bounds.midX, y: self.view.bounds.midY, width: 0, height: 0)
popoverController.permittedArrowDirections = []
}
self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 4

Nate Cook is totally right however I would do it so I detect if it is iPad or iPhone.
This is for barButtonItem:
if ( UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiom.pad ){
if let currentPopoverpresentioncontroller = alertController.popoverPresentationController{
currentPopoverpresentioncontroller.barButtonItem = sender as! UIBarButtonItem
currentPopoverpresentioncontroller.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection.down;
self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}else{
self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Answer 5

var actionSheet = UIAlertController(title: "Please Select Camera or Photo Library", message: "", preferredStyle: .actionSheet)
if ( UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiom.pad ){
actionSheet = UIAlertController(title: "Please Select Camera or Photo Library", message: "", preferredStyle: .alert)
}
actionSheet.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Upload a Photo", style: .default, handler: { (UIAlertAction) in
self.openPhotoLibrary()
}))
actionSheet.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Take a Photo", style: .default, handler: { (UIAlertAction) in
self.openCamera()
}))
actionSheet.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel, handler: nil))
self.present(actionSheet, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 6

If you want show your alert in center and no arrow, I tryed this, it works on iOS 11.2
swift 4.2 version:
let actionSheet = UIAlertController ......
if ( UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiom.pad ){
if let currentPopoverpresentioncontroller = actionSheet.popoverPresentationController{
currentPopoverpresentioncontroller.permittedArrowDirections = []
currentPopoverpresentioncontroller.sourceRect = CGRect(x: (self.view.bounds.midX), y: (self.view.bounds.midY), width: 0, height: 0)
currentPopoverpresentioncontroller.sourceView = self.view
self.present(actionSheet, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}else{
self.present(actionSheet, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
Objective C version:
UIAlertController* actionSheet
if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad) {
NSArray *empty;
UIPopoverPresentationController *currentPopOverPresentationController = [actionSheet popoverPresentationController];
currentPopOverPresentationController.permittedArrowDirections = empty;
currentPopOverPresentationController.sourceRect = CGRectMake(CGRectGetMidX(self.view.bounds), CGRectGetMidY(self.view.bounds), 0, 0);
currentPopOverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view;
[self presentViewController:actionSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
}else{
[self presentViewController:actionSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
}

Answer 7

If someone uses sender : UITapGestureRecognizer this might be helpful.
#objc func popupSettings(sender : UITapGestureRecognizer) {
.....
if let popoverPresentationController = alert.popoverPresentationController {
popoverPresentationController.sourceView = self.view
popoverPresentationController.sourceRect = CGRect(origin: sender.location(in: self.view), size: CGSize(width: 1.0, height: 1.0))
}
self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Answer 8

To follow up on Nate Cook's answer. If your button is a UIBarButtonItem it may be necessary to perform casting on sender.
if let popoverController = alertController.popoverPresentationController {
popoverController.barButtonItem = sender as! UIBarButtonItem
}
self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)