Custom View in UIAlertController

Question

I am trying to put a custom view inside a UIAlertController. I\'m running into some odd issues with the sizing of the custom view.

I want the custom vie

Answer 1

Here's an alternative.It's not adding subview to UIAlertControl's view hierarchy, but to UIWindow instead in appropriate position. To track UIAlertControl's view frame the view controller is extended with a custom .view getter using obj-c runtime/swift extension which calls UIViewController super class implementation. This allows avoiding genuine view's private class dependence and is neither subclassing UIAlertControl or modifying it's view hierarchy.

Objective-C

#import 
#import 
@implementation AppDelegate
+ (UIView*)alertHelperView
{
    static UIView *alertHelperView = nil;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        alertHelperView = [UIView new];
        alertHelperView.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];
        alertHelperView.frame = CGRectZero;
    });
    return alertHelperView;
}

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
    [self.window addSubview:[AppDelegate alertHelperView]];
    return YES;
}
@end
@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    Class class = [UIAlertController class];
    class_addMethod(class, @selector(view), imp_implementationWithBlock(^(__unsafe_unretained UIAlertController* self) {
        
        struct objc_super super = {
            .receiver = self,
            .super_class = class_getSuperclass(class)
        };
        
        id (*objc_msgSendSuper_typed)(struct objc_super *, SEL) = (void *)&objc_msgSendSuper;
        
        UIView* myView = objc_msgSendSuper_typed(&super, @selector(view));
        CGRect newFrame = myView.frame;
        if (!self.isBeingPresented) {
            [AppDelegate alertHelperView].frame = CGRectZero;
        } else {
            [[AppDelegate alertHelperView].superview bringSubviewToFront:[AppDelegate alertHelperView]];
            [AppDelegate alertHelperView].frame = CGRectMake(newFrame.origin.x,
                                                             newFrame.origin.y,
                                                             newFrame.size.width/2,
                                                             newFrame.size.height/2);
        }
        return myView;
    }), "@@:");
    
    UIAlertController * alert=   [UIAlertController
                                  alertControllerWithTitle:@"Info"
                                  message:@"You are using UIAlertController"
                                  preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
    
    UIAlertAction* ok = [UIAlertAction
                         actionWithTitle:@"OK"
                         style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                         handler:^(UIAlertAction * action)
                         {
                         }];
    UIAlertAction* cancel = [UIAlertAction
                             actionWithTitle:@"Cancel"
                             style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                             handler:^(UIAlertAction * action)
                             {
                             }];
    
    [alert addAction:ok];
    [alert addAction:cancel];
    
    [self presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];
}
@end

Swift 3.1

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
    
    var window: UIWindow?
        static var alertHelperView : UIView!
       
        func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
            AppDelegate.alertHelperView = UIView()
            AppDelegate.alertHelperView.backgroundColor = .red
            self.window?.addSubview(AppDelegate.alertHelperView!)
            return true
        }
  }
    
    extension UIAlertController {
        open override var view: UIView! {
            get {
                let newFrame : CGRect = super.view.frame
                if !self.isBeingPresented {
                    AppDelegate.alertHelperView.frame = CGRect.zero
                } else {
                    AppDelegate.alertHelperView.superview?.bringSubview(toFront: AppDelegate.alertHelperView)
                    AppDelegate.alertHelperView.frame = CGRect(x:newFrame.origin.x,y:newFrame.origin.y,width:newFrame.size.width/2,height:newFrame.size.height/2)
                }
                return super.view
            }
            set(newValue) {
                super.view = newValue
            }
        }
    }

    class ViewController: UIViewController {
        override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
            let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Default Style", message: "A standard alert.", preferredStyle: .alert)
            
            let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel) { action in
                // ...
            }
            alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
            
            let OKAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default) { action in
                // ...
            }
            alertController.addAction(OKAction)
            self.present(alertController, animated: false) {
            }
        }
    }
}