The user interface elements you have encountered so far have all been created by dragging and dropping from the Object library. In this lesson you are introduced to alert views and action sheets, two user interface elements that are created only with code. Prior to iOS 8, alert views and action sheets were represented by the UIAlertView and UIActionSheet classes. This is no longer the case with iOS 8; both of these are now handled by a single class UIAlertController.
Alert Views
An alert view is a special modal view that is used to display a short message to the user and typically enables the user to choose from a small number of options. The most common use of an alert view is to display information on success or failure of an operation; for example, on success a typical login operation may display an alert view, as shown in Figure 12.1.
When an alert view is displayed, the screen is dimmed automatically for you. You can specify a title, a message, and one or more buttons to present the user with options. When multiple options are presented to the user, it is common to designate one of the buttons to act as the cancel button. You can change the text displayed in the cancel button, but it is always displayed at the bottom of the alert view with a boldface font, as shown in Figure 12.2.
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