How to add TextField to UIAlertController in Swift

Question

I am trying to show a UIAlertController with a UITextView. When I add the line:

    //Add text field
    alertController.addTextFie         


        

Answer 1

To add alertController with one textField (Swift 5)

func openAlert(){
    let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Title", message: "", preferredStyle: .alert)
    alertController.addTextField { (textField : UITextField!) -> Void in
        textField.placeholder = "Enter name"
    }

    let saveAction = UIAlertAction(title: kAlertConfirm, style: .default, handler: { alert -> Void in
        if let textField = alertController.textFields?[0] {
            if textField.text!.count > 0 {
                print("Text :: \(textField.text ?? "")")
            }
        }
    })

    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: kAlertCancel, style: .default, handler: {
        (action : UIAlertAction!) -> Void in })

    alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
    alertController.addAction(saveAction)

    alertController.preferredAction = saveAction

    self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Answer 2

add TextField to UIAlertController and TextField text Display on UILabel in Swift

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

alert.addTextField { (textField) in
textField.placeholder = "First Name"
}
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default, handler: { [weak alert] (_) in
let textField = alert?.textFields![0]
self.label.text = textField?.text  }))

self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 3

Swift5

First class conforms to the UITextFieldDelegate , then create new textField property

    private var myTextField : UITextField?

    // now where u want to add code
    let alertContoller = UIAlertController.init(title: "Add", message: "My message to user", preferredStyle: .alert)
    alertContoller.addTextField { (textField) in
        // make sure your outside any property should be accessed with self here
        self.myTextField = textField
        //Important step assign textfield delegate to self
        self.myTextField?.delegate = self 
        self.myTextField?.placeholder = self.textFieldPlaceholderText
    }
    let action = UIAlertAction.init(title: "Ok", style: .default) { action in
        print("Alert tapped")
    }
    alertContoller.addAction(action)
    present(alertContoller, animated: true, completion:nil)

Thanks

Answer 4

Swift 5.1

alert.addTextField { (textField) in
    textField.placeholder = "Enter First Name"
}

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Use this code, I am running this code in my app successfully.

@IBAction func addButtonClicked(sender : AnyObject){
    let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Add New Name", message: "", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)
    alertController.addTextFieldWithConfigurationHandler { (textField : UITextField!) -> Void in
        textField.placeholder = "Enter Second Name"
    }
    let saveAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Save", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: { alert -> Void in
        let firstTextField = alertController.textFields![0] as UITextField
        let secondTextField = alertController.textFields![1] as UITextField
    })
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: {
        (action : UIAlertAction!) -> Void in })
    alertController.addTextFieldWithConfigurationHandler { (textField : UITextField!) -> Void in
        textField.placeholder = "Enter First Name"
    }
    
    alertController.addAction(saveAction)
    alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
    
    self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Edited: Swift 3.0 version

@IBAction func addButtonClicked(_ sender: UIButton){
    let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Add New Name", message: "", preferredStyle: .alert)
    alertController.addTextField { (textField : UITextField!) -> Void in
        textField.placeholder = "Enter Second Name"
    }
    let saveAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Save", style: .default, handler: { alert -> Void in
        let firstTextField = alertController.textFields![0] as UITextField
        let secondTextField = alertController.textFields![1] as UITextField
        print("firstName \(firstTextField.text), secondName \(secondTextField.text)")
    })
    let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .default, handler: { (action : UIAlertAction!) -> Void in })
    alertController.addTextField { (textField : UITextField!) -> Void in
        textField.placeholder = "Enter First Name"
    }

    alertController.addAction(saveAction)
    alertController.addAction(cancelAction)
    
    self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

Answer 5

To add a text field in Swift 3.0:

let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Title", message: "", preferredStyle: .alert)
alertController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Save", style: .default, handler: { alert -> Void in
    let textField = alertController.textFields![0] as UITextField
    // do something with textField
}))
alertController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel, handler: nil))
alertController.addTextField(configurationHandler: {(textField : UITextField!) -> Void in
    textField.placeholder = "Search"
})   
self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

Answer 6

How to add textField to AlertView? Let's keep it short and simple.

This works for Swift 3.0 and above.

var nameField: UITextField?
let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Add Number", message: nil, preferredStyle: .alert)
// Add textfield to alert view
alertController.addTextField { (textField) in
    nameField = textField
}

First, you instantiate an object of UIAlertController and then you add a text field to it by accessing addTextField member of UIAlertController class.