Action Sheet is a native IOS component to show a multi-option picker in IOS Apps. I have noted that sometimes it works well in iPhones but causes crash in Ipad. In this article, I will show you the best way to show the action sheet in IOS which works for both, iPhone & iPad.
Code to Show Action Sheet in IOS Swift
func showActionSheet(){
let alert:UIAlertController = UIAlertController(title: "Choose Option", message: nil, preferredStyle: UIAlertController.Style.actionSheet)
let cameraAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Camera", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default)
{
UIAlertAction in
// Do your stuff here when action performed
}
let gallaryAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Gallery", style: UIAlertAction.Style.default)
{
UIAlertAction in
// Do your stuff here when action performed
}
let cancelAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertAction.Style.cancel)
{
UIAlertAction in
// Do your stuff here when cancel pressed
}
alert.addAction(cameraAction)
alert.addAction(gallaryAction)
alert.addAction(cancelAction)
// Set the following properties to avoid crash in Ipad
if let popoverController = alert.popoverPresentationController {
popoverController.sourceView = self.view //to set the source of your alert
popoverController.sourceRect = CGRect(x: self.view.bounds.midX, y: self.view.bounds.maxY, width: 0, height: 0) // you can set this as per your requirement.
}
self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
}Troubleshooting
A common issue which we have to face especially in iPads is a crash with the following logs.
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception ‘NSGenericException’, reason: ‘Your application has presented a UIAlertController (<UIAlertController: 0x7fd62b00e000>) of style UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet from UINavigationController (<UINavigationController: 0x7fd62b825e00>). The modalPresentationStyle of a UIAlertController with this style is UIModalPresentationPopover. You must provide location information for this popover through the alert controller’s popoverPresentationController. You must provide either a sourceView and sourceRect or a barButtonItem. If this information is not known when you present the alert controller, you may provide it in the UIPopoverPresentationControllerDelegate method -prepareForPopoverPresentation.’
It’s obvious from the error message that we need to provide location information for the popover. For that, we need to set sourceView and sourceRect or BarButtonItem for the UIAlertController.
To resolve this error don’t forget to add the following code before calling self.present(...) method.
// Set the following properties to avoid crash in Ipad
if let popoverController = alert.popoverPresentationController {
popoverController.sourceView = self.view //to set the source of your alert
popoverController.sourceRect = CGRect(x: self.view.bounds.midX, y: self.view.bounds.maxY, width: 0, height: 0) // you can set this as per your requirement.
}That’s it. If you are facing any other specific issue, don’t hesitate to ask in the comments section.
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