Dismiss Alertview That is Not Part of the Key Window iOS7

[johnryan]

My application requires contact access, so I would like to dismiss the alert view that shows when you request contact permission. I have tried finding the view in the window and tapping the screen at the correct point but neither seem to dismiss the alert. I'm not sure if apple provides a way of dismissing this type of system alert.

[polymorfiq]

On iOS 7 I am able to dismiss a UIAlertView by waiting and tapping views with the Accessibility Label that is the same as the Title of the specific button.

    [tester waitForTappableViewWithAccessibilityLabel:@"Ok"];
    [tester tapViewWithAccessibilityLabel:@"Ok"];

I am not yet able to wait for a specific UIAlertView if there are multiple alerts with the same button options such as "Ok"

[johnryan]

This works for UIAlertViews that I create, but it doesn't work for system level alerts. For example, when I request to access the device address book the device pops up an alert that I can't seem to access.

[FGoessler]

Unfortunately there's no 'official' way to bypass or click this alert view away since 'evil' developers could use this method to access your contact or location data in a real applications without your permission. But I found this nice thread (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kif-framework/xayP4VVBPyg) which explains a valid solution for unit testing purposes. I only used it to avoid the location popup but I think it should also work for contacts.

[johnryan]

Amazing, thanks so much for the tip.

[cybertk]

@johnryan could you please share your solution here, I encounter the same issue.

[johnryan]

@cybertk I just used the solution posted above (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/kif-framework/xayP4VVBPyg). Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work on device, but it works in simulator.

[cybertk]

@johnryan Thank you!, it worked well in simulator.

[Benuuu]

I stumbled across this and the plist workaround posted above didn't work for me. Instead I used the changes introduced in https://github.com/kif-framework/KIF/pull/510

- (void)acknowledgeSystemAlert;

[johnryan]

Interesting, thanks for the heads up @Benuuu