EHPlainAlert

This is simple extension for presenting multiple system-wide notifications from bottom of device screen.

Requirements

• Requires iOS 7.1 or later
• Requires Automatic Reference Counting (ARC)

##Features

• Supports multiple messages on one screen
• Simple use actions
• Highly customizable
• Call from anywhere in app

Installation

CocoaPods

To install EHPlainAlert using CocoaPods, please integrate it in your existing Podfile, or create a new Podfile:

platform :ios, '7.1'

target 'MyApp' do
  pod 'EHPlainAlert'
end

Then run pod install.

Usage

#import <EHPlainAlert/EHPlainAlert.h>

Presenting notification

All messages can simply presented via static method call:

[EHPlainAlert showAlertWithTitle:@"Success" message:@"Something works!" type:ViewAlertSuccess];

Messages can be displayed from any location in app, even not associated with UI.

[[NetHelper sharedInstance] postRequestWithURLString:URL data:data withSuccess:^(id responseObject) {
        [EHPlainAlert showAlertWithTitle:@"Success" message:@"Data successfully uploaded" type:ViewAlertSuccess];
    } failure:^(NSError *error)
    {
        [EHPlainAlert showError:error];
    }];

Presenting error notification

For simplifying error handling you can use:

- (void)someError:(NSError *)myError
{
	[EHPlainAlert showError:error];
}

Hiding Messages

Notifications will hidden automatically after 4 seconds.

To change default delay use static method: [EHPlainAlert updateHidingDelay:2.5f];

Also you can just tap on message to hide it.

On Tap Actions

You can change the default behavior for tapping on the notification:

EHPlainAlert * ehAlert = [[EHPlainAlert alloc] initWithTitle:@"Hmm..." message:@"Tap for information" type:ViewAlertInfo];
ehAlert.action = ^{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://github.com/josshad/EHPlainAlert"]];
};
[ehAlert show];

Customization

Fonts:

Change font of one alert

EHPlainAlert * ehAlert = [[EHPlainAlert alloc] initWithTitle:@"Info" message:@"This is info message" type:ViewAlertInfo];
ehAlert.titleFont = [UIFont fontWithName:@"TrebuchetMS" size:15];
ehAlert.subTitleFont = [UIFont fontWithName:@"TrebuchetMS-Italic" size:12];
[ehAlert show];

Change fonts for alert type

[EHPlainAlert updateTitleFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"TrebuchetMS" size:18]];
[EHPlainAlert updateSubTitleFont:[UIFont fontWithName:@"TrebuchetMS" size:10]];

Colors:

Change background color of one alert

EHPlainAlert * ehAlert = [[EHPlainAlert alloc] initWithTitle:@"Hmm..." message:@"Blue color alert" type:ViewAlertInfo];
ehAlert.messageColor = [UIColor blueColor];
[ehAlert show];

Change color for alert type

[EHPlainAlert updateAlertColor:[UIColor colorWithWhite:0 alpha:0.5] forType:ViewAlertPanic];

Appearance

[EHPlainAlert updateAlertPosition:ViewAlertPositionTop];

Icons:

Change icon of one alert

EHPlainAlert * ehAlert = [[EHPlainAlert alloc] initWithTitle:@"Hmm..." message:@"Blue color alert" type:ViewAlertInfo];
ehAlert.iconImage = image;
[ehAlert show];

Change icon for alert type

[EHPlainAlert updateAlertIcon:image forType:ViewAlertInfo]; 

Number of messages

[EHPlainAlert updateNumberOfAlerts:4];

Display time

[EHPlainAlert updateHidingDelay:2.5f];

Author

Danila Gusev

[email protected]

License

Usage is provided under the MIT License. See LICENSE for full details.