pballart / rkdropdownalert

iOS / Objective C: an extremely simple UIAlertView alternative

RKDropdownAlert

an extremely simple (and customizeable) alert alternative based on Facebook's app Slingshot, and inspiration from SVProgressHUD (yes, it's just as easy to use as SV)

##Updates, Questions, and Requests twitter <--- I am a very light twitterer, so I wont spam you

Article comparing UIAlertView, SVProgressHUD and RKropdownAlert

https://medium.com/@cwRichardKim/devux-uialertview-alternatives-3a78ab64cbf8

##Pod WAIT! Don't use pods if you want to customize or use the quick and easy [RKDropdownAlert show]

pod 'RKDropdownAlert'

##Demo:

[RKDropdownAlert title:@"Hello World" message:@"Tons better than UIAlertView!"];

##In Action:

##Easy Default Call

[RKDropdownAlert show];

Set the default text, color, size, font, etc so that when you call "show" it pulls up an easy default call

##Setup

First, download the file, or create a branch of the repo. Copy the following into your parent controller:

#import "RKDropdownAlert.h"

You will probably want to customize the default call ([RKDropdownAlert show]), as well as other features such as color, the method called when the user taps the view, etc. Look for

//%%% CUSTOMIZE

tags in the RKDropdownAlert.m for methods that you should customize.

##Calling the Alert

Use the following variations of title, message, backgroundColor, textColor, and time

+(void)show;
+(void)title:(NSString*)title;
+(void)title:(NSString*)title time:(NSInteger)seconds;
+(void)title:(NSString*)title backgroundColor:(UIColor*)backgroundColor textColor:(UIColor*)textColor;
+(void)title:(NSString*)title backgroundColor:(UIColor*)backgroundColor textColor:(UIColor*)textColor time:(NSInteger)seconds;

+(void)title:(NSString*)title message:(NSString*)message;
+(void)title:(NSString*)title message:(NSString*)message time:(NSInteger)seconds;
+(void)title:(NSString*)title message:(NSString*)message backgroundColor:(UIColor*)backgroundColor textColor:(UIColor*)textColor;
+(void)title:(NSString*)title message:(NSString*)message backgroundColor:(UIColor*)backgroundColor textColor:(UIColor*)textColor time:(NSInteger)seconds;

For example:

[RKDropdownAlert show];

[RKDropdownAlert title:@"this is a title" message:@"this is a one line message"];

[RKDropdownAlert title:@"Hello World" message:@"tons better than UIAlertView" backgroundColor:[UIColor grayColor] textColor:[UIColor whiteColor] time:10];

##Touch Up Inside Method Write your own method for when the user touches the view (default is hide the view)

@interface WhateverClassYouLike : NSObject <RKDropdownAlertDelegate>
@end

@implementation WhateverClassYouLike

-(BOOL)dropdownAlertWasTapped:(RKDropdownAlert*)alert {
	// Handle the tap, then return whether or not the alert should hide.
	return true;
}

@end

Areas for Future Improvement / Involvement

• Improve architecture to maintain single line deployment while also allowing for attribute customization without changing physical code
• Ability to change layout of text without changing physical code
• Singleton pattern
• More rigorous case testing for responsive design (making sure different text lengths still look good)