Question

I’ve added a UIAlertView in my application that grabs user input but I’m unsure as to how I can add a third button. Ideally the three buttons would be across the alert horizontally or two would be above the “cancel” button. The code snippet below is what I’m using to add the UIAlertView.

- (IBAction)initiateSave{
    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Archive" 
                                          message:@"Enter a name to save this as:" 
                                          delegate:self 
                                          cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" 
                                          otherButtonTitles:@"Save Session",@"Save",nil];
    alert.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput;
    UITextField * alertTextField = [alert textFieldAtIndex:0];
    alertTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
    alertTextField.placeholder = @"eg. My awesome file...";
    alert.tag = 1;
    [alert show];
    [alert release];
    self.name = [[alert textFieldAtIndex:0]text];
}

Answer 1

Apple really doesn’t want you messing with UIAlertView. If the way it naturally formats itself doesn’t meet your needs, consider putting up a custom presented (“modal”) view instead.