[ios] Writing handler for UIAlertAction

I'm presenting a UIAlertView to the user and I can't figure out how to write the handler. This is my attempt:

let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Title",
                            message: "Message",
                     preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Okay",
                              style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default,
                            handler: {self in println("Foo")})

I get a bunch of issues in Xcode.

The documentation says convenience init(title title: String!, style style: UIAlertActionStyle, handler handler: ((UIAlertAction!) -> Void)!)

The whole blocks/closures is a little over my head at the moment. Any suggestion are much appreciated.

1. In Swift

   let alertController = UIAlertController(title:"Title", message: "Message", preferredStyle:.alert)
   
   let Action = UIAlertAction.init(title: "Ok", style: .default) { (UIAlertAction) in
       // Write Your code Here
   }
   
   alertController.addAction(Action)
   self.present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
   

2. In Objective C

   UIAlertController *alertController = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@"Title" message:@"Message" preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
   
   UIAlertAction *OK = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"OK" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction * _Nonnull action)
   {
   }];
   
   [alertController addAction:OK];
   
   [self presentViewController:alertController animated:YES completion:nil];
   

create alert, tested in xcode 9

let alert = UIAlertController(title: "title", message: "message", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.alert)
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Ok", style: UIAlertActionStyle.default, handler: self.finishAlert))
self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

and the function

func finishAlert(alert: UIAlertAction!)
{
}

In Swift 4 :

let alert=UIAlertController(title:"someAlert", message: "someMessage", preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyle.alert )

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "ok", style: UIAlertActionStyle.default, handler: {
        _ in print("FOO ")
}))

present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

Functions are first-class objects in Swift. So if you don't want to use a closure, you can also just define a function with the appropriate signature and then pass it as the handler argument. Observe:

func someHandler(alert: UIAlertAction!) {
    // Do something...
}

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Okay",
                              style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default,
                              handler: someHandler))

Syntax change in swift 3.0

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Okay",
                style: .default,
                handler: { _ in print("Foo") } ))

Lets assume that you want an UIAlertAction with main title, two actions (save and discard) and cancel button:

let actionSheetController = UIAlertController (title: "My Action Title", message: "", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.ActionSheet)

    //Add Cancel-Action
    actionSheetController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Cancel, handler: nil))

    //Add Save-Action
    actionSheetController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Save", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: { (actionSheetController) -> Void in
        print("handle Save action...")
    }))

    //Add Discard-Action
    actionSheetController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Discard", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler: { (actionSheetController) -> Void in
        print("handle Discard action ...")
    }))

    //present actionSheetController
    presentViewController(actionSheetController, animated: true, completion: nil)

This works for swift 2 (Xcode Version 7.0 beta 3)

You can do it as simple as this using swift 2:

let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "iOScreator", message:
        "Hello, world!", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)
alertController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Dismiss", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Destructive,handler: { action in
        self.pressed()
}))

func pressed()
{
    print("you pressed")
}

    **or**


let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "iOScreator", message:
        "Hello, world!", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)
alertController.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Dismiss", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Destructive,handler: { action in
      print("pressed")
 }))

All the answers above are correct i am just showing another way that can be done.

this is how i do it with xcode 7.3.1

// create function
func sayhi(){
  print("hello")
}

// create the button

let sayinghi = UIAlertAction(title: "More", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler:  { action in
            self.sayhi()})

// adding the button to the alert control

myAlert.addAction(sayhi);

// the whole code, this code will add 2 buttons

  @IBAction func sayhi(sender: AnyObject) {
        let myAlert = UIAlertController(title: "Alert", message:"sup", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert);
        let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler:nil)

        let sayhi = UIAlertAction(title: "say hi", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default, handler:  { action in
            self.sayhi()})

        // this action can add to more button
        myAlert.addAction(okAction);
        myAlert.addAction(sayhi);

        self.presentViewController(myAlert, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

    func sayhi(){
        // move to tabbarcontroller
     print("hello")
    }