How to disable a UIAlertView button with ios 7?

Question

I have a simple view with a button linked with "showAlert" method. When I click on this button, it displays a UIAlertView.

Before, with ios 6, I was using the following code to disable a UIAlertView button :

- (IBAction)showAlert:(id)sender
{
    myAlert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"" message:@"" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Retour" otherButtonTitles:@"Button1", @"Button2", @"Button3", @"Button4", nil];
    [myAlert show];

    for(UIView *aView in myAlert.subviews)
    {
        if ([[[aView class] description] isEqualToString:@"UIAlertButton"])
        {
            UIButton *aButton = (UIButton *)aView;
            if ([aButton.titleLabel.text isEqualToString:@"Button2"])
                aButton.enabled = NO;
        }
    }
}

Now, with ios 7, it does not work... Why ?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '13 at 09:33

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Since iOS7 it's not possible to add or manipulate the subviews or a UIAlertView, you need to create your own, sorry.

Subclass UIView to create your own UIAlertView or use a 3rd party library.

answered Oct 10 '13 at 09:33

Antonio MG

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pfff... Why this regression ? Thanks for your fast answer Antonio. – Jonathan F. Oct 10 '13 at 09:36
Yep, annoying... Thanks for your help. – Jonathan F. Oct 10 '13 at 11:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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Adding a subview to UIAlertView is not possible from iOS 7.

The only way is to go for a custom UIView subclass which can act as UIAlertView.

Github and this answer may get you a solution.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Oct 10 '13 at 10:21

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '13 at 11:44

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You can disable 1st other Button of UIAlertView using delegate method

-(BOOL)alertViewShouldEnableFirstOtherButton:(UIAlertView *)alertView
{
    return NO;
}

works in ios 7 also.

answered Oct 10 '13 at 11:44

Toseef Khilji

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Thanks Viruss, but I need to be able to disable sometimes the first button, sometimes the second, or some other buttons, according to its name. – Jonathan F. Oct 10 '13 at 14:40
@Erzékiel: no you can only disable first btn with this method. – Toseef Khilji Oct 11 '13 at 03:52
@Virussmca i want also change the title of first button how can i do this please suggesst some things which will work on ios 6 and as well with ios 7 – user100 Aug 31 '14 at 11:03

How to disable a UIAlertView button with ios 7?

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