UIAlertController custom font, size, color

Question

I am using new UIAlertController for showing alerts. I have this code:

// nil titles break alert interface on iOS 8.0, so we\'ll be using empty strings
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Answer 1

I just completed a replacement for UIAlertController. This is the only sensible way to go, I think:

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Here's my method in Swift which mashes up a lot of information from answers here

func changeAlert(alert: UIAlertController, backgroundColor: UIColor, textColor: UIColor, buttonColor: UIColor?) {
    let view = alert.view.firstSubview().firstSubview()
    view.backgroundColor = backgroundColor
    view.layer.cornerRadius = 10.0

    // set color to UILabel font
    setSubviewLabelsToTextColor(textColor, view: view)

    // set font to alert via KVC, otherwise it'll get overwritten
    let titleAttributed = NSMutableAttributedString(
        string: alert.title!,
        attributes: [NSFontAttributeName:UIFont.boldSystemFontOfSize(17)])
    alert.setValue(titleAttributed, forKey: "attributedTitle")


    let messageAttributed = NSMutableAttributedString(
        string: alert.message!,
        attributes: [NSFontAttributeName:UIFont.systemFontOfSize(13)])
    alert.setValue(messageAttributed, forKey: "attributedMessage")


    // set the buttons to non-blue, if we have buttons
    if let buttonColor = buttonColor {
        alert.view.tintColor = buttonColor
    }
}

func setSubviewLabelsToTextColor(textColor: UIColor, view:UIView) {
    for subview in view.subviews {
        if let label = subview as? UILabel {
            label.textColor = textColor
        } else {
            setSubviewLabelsToTextColor(textColor, view: subview)
        }
    }
}

This works in some situations perfectly, and in others it's a total fail (the tint colors do not show as expected).

Answer 2

You can use the following syntax without any private API.

alert.view.tintColor = alert.view.tintColor = UIColor.green
alert.setTitle(font: UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 26), color: UIColor.darkGray)
alert.setMessage(font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 26), color: UIColor.darkGray)

Answer 3

In Xcode 8 Swift 3.0

@IBAction func touchUpInside(_ sender: UIButton) {

    let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "", message: "", preferredStyle: .alert)

    //to change font of title and message.
    let titleFont = [NSFontAttributeName: UIFont(name: "ArialHebrew-Bold", size: 18.0)!]
    let messageFont = [NSFontAttributeName: UIFont(name: "Avenir-Roman", size: 12.0)!]

    let titleAttrString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Title Here", attributes: titleFont)
    let messageAttrString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Message Here", attributes: messageFont)

    alertController.setValue(titleAttrString, forKey: "attributedTitle")
    alertController.setValue(messageAttrString, forKey: "attributedMessage")

    let action1 = UIAlertAction(title: "Action 1", style: .default) { (action) in
        print("\(action.title)")
    }

    let action2 = UIAlertAction(title: "Action 2", style: .default) { (action) in
        print("\(action.title)")
    }

    let action3 = UIAlertAction(title: "Action 3", style: .default) { (action) in
        print("\(action.title)")
    }

    let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: .default) { (action) in
        print("\(action.title)")
    }

    alertController.addAction(action1)
    alertController.addAction(action2)
    alertController.addAction(action3)
    alertController.addAction(okAction)

    alertController.view.tintColor = UIColor.blue
    alertController.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
    alertController.view.layer.cornerRadius = 40

    present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

}

Output

Answer 4

Here is an extension for Swift 4.1 and Xcode 9.4.1:

extension UIAlertController{

func addColorInTitleAndMessage(color:UIColor,titleFontSize:CGFloat = 18, messageFontSize:CGFloat = 13){

    let attributesTitle = [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: color, NSAttributedStringKey.font: UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: titleFontSize)]
    let attributesMessage = [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: color, NSAttributedStringKey.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: messageFontSize)]
    let attributedTitleText = NSAttributedString(string: self.title ?? "", attributes: attributesTitle)
    let attributedMessageText = NSAttributedString(string: self.message ?? "", attributes: attributesMessage)

    self.setValue(attributedTitleText, forKey: "attributedTitle")
    self.setValue(attributedMessageText, forKey: "attributedMessage")

}}

Answer 5

You can use an external library like PMAlertController without using workaround, where you can substitute Apple's uncustomizable UIAlertController with a super customizable alert.

Compatible with Xcode 8, Swift 3 and Objective-C

Features:

• [x] Header View
• [x] Header Image (Optional)
• [x] Title
• [x] Description message
• [x] Customizations: fonts, colors, dimensions & more
• [x] 1, 2 buttons (horizontally) or 3+ buttons (vertically)
• [x] Closure when a button is pressed
• [x] Text Fields support
• [x] Similar implementation to UIAlertController
• [x] Cocoapods
• [x] Carthage
• [x] Animation with UIKit Dynamics
• [x] Objective-C compatibility
• [x] Swift 2.3 & Swift 3 support

Answer 6

In Swift 4.1 and Xcode 10

//Displaying alert with multiple actions and custom font ans size
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "", message: "", preferredStyle: .alert)

let titFont = [NSAttributedStringKey.font: UIFont(name: "ArialHebrew-Bold", size: 15.0)!]
let msgFont = [NSAttributedStringKey.font: UIFont(name: "Avenir-Roman", size: 13.0)!]

let titAttrString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Title Here", attributes: titFont)
let msgAttrString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "Message Here", attributes: msgFont)

alert.setValue(titAttrString, forKey: "attributedTitle")
alert.setValue(msgAttrString, forKey: "attributedMessage")

let action1 = UIAlertAction(title: "Action 1", style: .default) { (action) in
    print("\(String(describing: action.title))")
}

let action2 = UIAlertAction(title: "Action 2", style: .default) { (action) in
    print("\(String(describing: action.title))")
}

let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: .default) { (action) in
    print("\(String(describing: action.title))")
}
alert.addAction(action1)
alert.addAction(action2)
alert.addAction(okAction)

alert.view.tintColor = UIColor.blue
alert.view.layer.cornerRadius = 40
// //If required background colour 
// alert.view.backgroundColor = UIColor.white

DispatchQueue.main.async(execute: {
    self.present(alert, animated: true)
})