How to add a UITableView inside the UIAlertView in iPhone?

Question

I want to add the UITableView inside the alert view.

I have tried to add a table view as a sub view of alert view, it's not working. Can you give me some code or sample link for that?

How can I do that?

Snowclad

Answer 1

Try any one of these pages :

http://zpasternack.blogspot.com/2010/10/stupid-uialertview-tricks-part-deux.html

https://github.com/blommegard/SBTableAlert

Depressomotor

2 dead links and other 2 moved. This is why you should add code to the answers, not only links. – Allembracing

Answer 2

Its working in my case

UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"title" message:@"click for submission \n\n\n\n "delegate:self  cancelButtonTitle:@"click for submission"
otherButtonTitles:nil];

    table = [[UITableView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 40, 264, 120)];
    table.delegate = self;
    table.dataSource = self;
    [alert addSubview:table];

    [alert show];

    [table release];

    [alert release];        

Hacienda

Please dont forget to add the UITableView specific functions like cellForRowatIndexPath etc. It would cause a SIGABRT. – Type

This code is not working with iOS 7.. How to fix this in iOS 7 – Accursed

Meddling with the UIAlertView view hierarchy is expressly disallowed according to Apple's documentation: "The view hierarchy for this class is private and must not be modified". – Cotopaxi

Answer 3

Is this really what you want?

An alert is very obtrusive, and quite alarming to the user. Alerts are modal and should be use with great discretion. Maybe one of these could be a better solutions:

• Navigate to a new screen with the options in a table view there. Like most of the Settings app do.
• Use a UISegmentedControl, like for example in the settings of a WiFi network.
• Have the options in a UIPopoverController if on iPad.
• Rephrase the option so a UISwitch is the logical control.

Jarrod

Answer 4

Instead of UIAlertView + UITableView is much better to use UIActionSheet.

Shampoo

Answer 5

you can use CAAlertView "https://github.com/chandanankush/CAAlertView" for both tableView listing and datePicker

Gehlbach