Is it allowed to add an image to UIAlertController?

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letsbondiway1986 OP

Created Jun ’22

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I saw some solutions on the internet where they have added an UIImageView to a UIAlertController, something like this -

var imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(x: 100, y: 10, width: 40, height: 40))
imageView.image = yourImage
alert.view.addSubview(imageView)

Is this allowed? Coz Apple's documentation says the following -

"The UIAlertController class is intended to be used as-is and does not support subclassing. The view hierarchy for this class is private and must not be modified."

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Scott OP

Jun ’22

Believe the documentation. That note specifically addresses the sort of unsupported hack you found elsewhere online.

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Claude31 OP

Jun ’22

It would be risky to rely on or manipulate view hierarchy in the alert.

But adding TextField is a public API.

alert.addTextField(configurationHandler: {(textField) -> Void in  } )

So, you could try to add the image in the TextField (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27903500/swift-add-icon-image-in-uitextfield) in the configuration handler.

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