How to prompt user for text input in Alert view

Question

I am writing a section of code where it would be best if I could use a pop up box something like UIAlertView and prompt the user to enter text like a password. Any pointers on an elegant way of doing this?

Answer 1

Things are much simpler in iOS 5, just set the alertViewStyle property to the appropriate style (UIAlertViewStyleSecureTextInput, UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput, or UIAlertViewStyleLoginAndPasswordInput). Example:

UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Password" message:@"Enter your password:" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:@"Ok", nil];
alertView.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStyleSecureTextInput;
UITextField *passwordTextField = [alertView textFieldAtIndex:0];
[alertView show];

Answer 2

> Simple You can apply like this

UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Filename" message:@"Enter the file name:" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:@"Ok", nil];
alertView.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput;
UITextField *passwordTextField = [alertView textFieldAtIndex:0];
[alertView show]