UIAlertView not displaying the keyboard - iphone

Question

I have UIAlertView which is being displayed upon the load of a view.
av = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:#"New Password" message:#"please enter a new passward" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:#"done", nil];
av.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStyleSecureTextInput;
[av becomeFirstResponder];
[av show];
However the keyboard is not being display on the iPad or the simulator?
I have also tried
I just tried
[av becomeFirstResponder];
and also
UITextField *text = [alertView textFieldAtIndex:0];
[text becomeFirstResponder];
I just tried this piece of code and it logs that the textField is the first responder but still no keyboard.
if([[av textFieldAtIndex:0] isFirstResponder] == YES){
NSLog(#"av is the first responder.");
}

Answer 1

Making the alert into the first responder won't help. You need to make te text box inside the alert view into the first responder.
Edit:
You may need to call reloadInputViews (with or without the s, don't remember). Also double check that you're not changing the input views anywhere that might be breaking them.
Edit 2:
You might want to move the alert from viewDidLoad into viewDidAppear. I've seen problems with UI elements being updated/presented too early. This is one of those cases, I think.

Answer 2

To use
av = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:#"New Password" message:#"please enter a new passward" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:#"done", nil];
av.tag=1;
av.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStyleSecureTextInput;
[av show];
and use this method.
- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertViews clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
if (alertViews.tag==1)
{
[textfieldname becomeFirstResponder];
}
}

Answer 3

this works
self.alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:#"Login" message:#"Please enter you mobile number" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"Okay" otherButtonTitles:nil];
self.alertView.alertViewStyle=UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput;
[alertView show];
but not this
UIAlertView* alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] init];
[alertView initWithTitle:...]

Answer 4

av = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:#"New Password" message:#"please enter a new passward" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:#"done", nil];
UITextField *tf = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(12, 45, 260, 25)];
CGAffineTransform Transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0, 60);
[tf setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[av setTransform:Transform];
[av addSubview:tf];
[av show];
This works but you should be able to do this in IOS 5 using UIAlertViewStyleSecureTextInput??

Answer 5

I had the same issue, but my solution looks like it might not apply to original poster...
I had this code :
UIAlertView* alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] init];
[alert initWithTitle:...]
When run, no keyboard appeared.
I changed it to this, and keyboard now appears:
UIAlertView* alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:...];
Doing the init after alert was created seem to leave internal state of object as "this object doesn't need a keyboard!"