in app sms and email advice please

[ryantcb]

I have.... actually ill just paste some code.
.H

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <MessageUI/MFMailComposeViewController.h>
@interface ViewController : UIViewController<UIAlertViewDelegate,MFMailComposeViewControllerDelegate>
...
@end

.M

called from a button
...{MFMessageComposeViewController *smsController = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc]init];
        if ([MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText]) {
            smsController.body=[[alert textFieldAtIndex:0]text];
            smsController.recipients = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: @"kMYSMS",nil];
            smsController.messageComposeDelegate =nil;
            [self presentModalViewController:smsController animated:YES];

}
-(void)messageComposeViewController:(MFMessageComposeViewController *)smsController didFinishWithResult:(MessageComposeResult)result {
    if(result == MessageComposeResultCancelled) {
        //Message cancelled
    } else if(result == MessageComposeResultSent) {
        //Message sent
    }
    
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

first question is i want to add some other text into the message body field
i.e "some initial text here" and then [alert textFieldAtIndex:0]text].

When i try and send text on my device it launches the sms app but slowly, it then instantly dismisses the keyboard and text input field. I have to click on top To: field to bring the compose box back on screen. I also must send the sms and the cancel button does not work.

so second question is how can i enable the cancel button once sms is launched
or better still how can I prevent the sms app being launched and just send the sms direct from the uialertview that initializes it?

[baja_yu]

What's "alert" in that code? In what method exactly is that code (you just said "from a button"). Also, you're setting the delegate to nil, 'didFinishWithResult' wont be called.

[ryantcb]

Sorry the action that calls it is a button in a uialertview. Alert is the name of that uialertview. I didn't spot that I set delegate to nil, so thanks.

[baja_yu]

Again, which method of the alertview delegate? alertView:clickedButtonAtIndex:, alertView:willDismissWithButtonIndex: or alertView:didDismissWithButtonIndex:

[ryantcb]

clickedButtonAtIndex

- (void)alertViewUIAlertView *)alert clickedButtonAtIndexNSInteger)buttonIndex{
NSString *buttonTitle = [alert buttonTitleAtIndex:buttonIndex];



if ((alert.tag==1)&&([buttonTitle isEqualToString:@"ok"])&&([[[alert textFieldAtIndex:0]text]isEqualToString:@"pass"])){

[self popUpmemberAlert];

NSLog(@"Enter");
}else if ((alert.tag==1)&&([buttonTitle isEqualToString:@"ok"])&&(![[[alert textFieldAtIndex:0]text]isEqualToString:@"pass"])) {

NSLog(@"Failed");
} if ((alert.tag==2)&&([buttonTitle isEqualToString:@"SMS"])){
/////////

MFMessageComposeViewController *smsController = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc]init];
if ([MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText]) {
smsController.body=[[alert textFieldAtIndex:0]text];
smsController.recipients = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: kMYSMS,nil];
smsController.messageComposeDelegate = nil;
[self presentModalViewController:smsController animated:YES];


}

NSLog(@"sms");}
else if ((alert.tag==2)&&([buttonTitle isEqualToString:@"email"])){

NSArray *emailArray =[NSArray arrayWithObjects:kmyEmail, nil];
MFMailComposeViewController *emailController = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc]init];
if ([MFMailComposeViewController canSendMail]) {
[emailController setSubject:@"reg for email"];
[emailController setToRecipients:emailArray];
[emailController setMessageBody:[[alert textFieldAtIndex:0]text] isHTML:NO];
[emailController setMailComposeDelegate:nil];
[self presentModalViewController:emailController animated:YES];


}


}

[baja_yu]

Right. You are presenting a new modal view controller before the alertview is dismissed. Move the code from the clickedButtonAtIndex method to alertView:didDismissWithButtonIndex. Also, you mail and message compose delegate as still set to nil instead of self.

[ryantcb]

I have fixed it, Thank you for your help