DatePicker does not show on input click on iOS 8

Question

I am showing pickerView on input field click it worked fine on other iOS but when I updated to iOS 8 it did not work. When i click on input field it does not show up the date picker.

Here is the code I am using.

- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)aTextField{

     appDelegate.recentAddSowID = @"";

     if (aTextField == dateTextField) {
     [dateTextField resignFirstResponder];

     pickerViewPopup = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:nil delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"" destructiveButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:nil];

     pickerView = [[UIDatePicker alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 44, 0, 0)];
     pickerView.datePickerMode=UIDatePickerModeDate;

     pickerView.hidden = NO;
     pickerView.date = [NSDate date];

     UIToolbar *pickerToolbar = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 44)];
     pickerToolbar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque;
     [pickerToolbar sizeToFit];

     NSMutableArray *barItems = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

      UIBarButtonItem *flexSpace = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace target:self action:nil];
     [barItems addObject:flexSpace];

      UIBarButtonItem *doneBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone target:self action:@selector(doneButtonPressed:)];
      [barItems addObject:doneBtn];

      UIBarButtonItem *cancelBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemCancel target:self action:@selector(cancelButtonPressed:)];
      [barItems addObject:cancelBtn];

       [pickerToolbar setItems:barItems animated:YES];

       [pickerViewPopup addSubview:pickerToolbar];
       [pickerViewPopup addSubview:pickerView];

       [pickerView addTarget:self action:@selector(updateTextField:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];

       [dateTextField setInputView:pickerView];

       [pickerViewPopup showInView:self.view];
       [pickerViewPopup setBounds:CGRectMake(0,0,320, 464)];
    }
}

I am testing on iPhone 5S.

Did u check on the device? For me, it doesn't show up in Simulator, but works fine on the the device — Shanti K, Oct 27 '14 at 06:33
@Daiji-Djan method is called it works fine on simulator on ios 7 — user3682355, Oct 27 '14 at 06:33
@Shanti K yes for me it works on simulator but not on device as simulator is iOS7 — user3682355, Oct 27 '14 at 06:33
thats not what I meant. if it doesn't work - is it called. on ios8 — Daij-Djan, Oct 27 '14 at 06:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

They changed the implementation of UIActionSheet in iOS 8. You can no longer add views to its view hierarchy

The documentation (https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/uikit/Reference/UIActionSheet_Class/index.html) states:

UIActionSheet is not designed to be subclassed, nor should you add views to its hierarchy. If you need to present a sheet with more customization than provided by the UIActionSheet API, you can create your own and present it modally with presentViewController:animated:completion:.

Also, the UIActionSheet is deprecated in iOS 8

Important: UIActionSheet is deprecated in iOS 8. (Note that UIActionSheetDelegate is also deprecated.) To create and manage action sheets in iOS 8 and later, instead use UIAlertController with a preferredStyle of UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet.

As an alternative, try this: https://github.com/skywinder/ActionSheetPicker-3.0. It works with iOS 8 and might be what you need

Source: Add UIPickerView in UIActionSheet from IOS 8 not working

Sorry, I think you're out of luck. It's part of the pains in upgrading to iOS 8 :( — anthonyliao, Oct 27 '14 at 07:01

DatePicker does not show on input click on iOS 8

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