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Re: Regarding UIAlertView validation
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Re: Regarding UIAlertView validation


  • Subject: Re: Regarding UIAlertView validation
  • From: Luke the Hiesterman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:54:25 -0700

Right. The point is not that the interface idea is bad. The point is that it's not supported at the API-level. If you attempt to do it, you're likely to have binary compatibility issues with a future iPhone OS.

Luke

On Apr 22, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Michael Weller wrote:

> It's not supported, meaning it could easily break in a future OS/API version. What if the alert view is redesigned so the view hierarchy changes? Your apps are going to break.
>
>
> On 22 Apr 2010, at 18:29, Hamish Allan wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Luke Hiesterman <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Secondly, adding a text field to a UIAlertView is not supported by the API. Don't do it.
>>
>> It might be worth mentioning this to the team at Apple that designed
>> the "iTunes Password" alert view.
>>
>> Presumably, like the rest of us, Steve Jobs sees that dialog all the
>> time and thinks it's ideal. He's not known for being shy about
>> recommending changes if he doesn't like something ;)
>>
>> If Apple promote a user interface paradigm, iPhone developers will
>> emulate it. Is that wrong?
>>
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 >Regarding UIAlertView validation (From: Praveen Kumar <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Regarding UIAlertView validation (From: Luke Hiesterman <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Regarding UIAlertView validation (From: Hamish Allan <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Regarding UIAlertView validation (From: Michael Weller <email@hidden>)

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