Android Toast in iPhone?

Question

When I write Android apps, I love the Toast feature. Is there a way to get this kind of set and forget popup message in iPhone development using MonoTouch (C# .NET)?

Answer 1

I have added a little modification to the toast class that handles rotation of the display.

        public void Show ()
    {
        UIButton v = UIButton.FromType (UIButtonType.Custom);
        view = v;


        UIFont font = UIFont.SystemFontOfSize (16);
        SizeF textSize = view.StringSize (text, font, new SizeF (280, 60));

        UILabel label = new UILabel (new RectangleF (0, 0, textSize.Width + 5, textSize.Height + 5));
        label.BackgroundColor = UIColor.Clear;
        label.TextColor = UIColor.White;
        label.Font = font;
        label.Text = text;
        label.Lines = 0;
        label.ShadowColor = UIColor.DarkGray;
        label.ShadowOffset = new SizeF (1, 1);


        v.Frame = new RectangleF (0, 0, textSize.Width + 10, textSize.Height + 10);
        label.Center = new PointF (v.Frame.Size.Width / 2, v.Frame.Height / 2);
        v.AddSubview (label);

        v.BackgroundColor = UIColor.FromRGBA (0, 0, 0, 0.7f);
        v.Layer.CornerRadius = 5;

        UIWindow window = UIApplication.SharedApplication.Windows[0];

        PointF point = new PointF (window.Frame.Size.Width / 2, window.Frame.Size.Height / 2);

        if (theSettings.Gravity == ToastGravity.Top)
        {
            point = new PointF (window.Frame.Size.Width / 2, 45);
        }
        else if (theSettings.Gravity == ToastGravity.Bottom)
        {
            point = new PointF (window.Frame.Size.Width / 2, window.Frame.Size.Height - 45);
        }
        else if (theSettings.Gravity == ToastGravity.Center)
        {
            point = new PointF (window.Frame.Size.Width / 2, window.Frame.Size.Height / 2);
        }
        else
        {
            point = theSettings.Position;
        }

        point = new PointF (point.X + offsetLeft, point.Y + offsetTop);
        v.Center = point;
        //handle screen rotation
        float orientation=0;

        switch(UIApplication.SharedApplication.StatusBarOrientation)
        {
        case UIInterfaceOrientation.LandscapeLeft:
            orientation=-90;
            break;
        case UIInterfaceOrientation.LandscapeRight:
            orientation=90;
            break;
        case UIInterfaceOrientation.PortraitUpsideDown:
            orientation=180;
            break;
        }
        v.Transform=CGAffineTransform.MakeRotation ((float)(orientation / 180f * Math.Pi));
        window.AddSubview (v);
        v.AllTouchEvents += delegate { HideToast (); };

        NSTimer.CreateScheduledTimer (theSettings.DurationSeconds, HideToast);

    }