How to disable the font scaling for the Display alert's in Maui - iOS

Question

Hello,
Currently I'm disabling the font scaling in iOS by following this.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1661536/how-can-i-prevent-the-device-font-size-effect-of-a

Now I want to achieve the same functionality for the display alerts as well. how to achieve this MAUI iOS.

Thanks
Vaibhav Methuku.

Answer 1

Hello,

You mean the Page.DisplayAlert Method, right?

On iOS platform, it will display an AlertController, see the source code.

To avoid it, you have to customize the font on AlertController, please refer to the following code:

(Note: value for key method will call Apple's private Api. As described on Apple's doc - The view hierarchy for this class is private and must not be modified, you could customize a view/control looks like an Alert)

{#if IOS
		PopAlert("333", "111", "OK");
#else
//  DisplayAlert("333", "111", "OK");
#endif
 
    }
 
    void PopAlert(string Title, string Message, string cancle)
	{
        var alert = UIAlertController.Create(Title, Message, UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert);
        var fontTitle = UIFont.SystemFontOfSize(16);// avoid large text
        var fontMessage = UIFont.SystemFontOfSize(14);
 
        var titleAtrr = new NSAttributedString(Title, fontTitle);
        var messageAtrr = new NSAttributedString(Title, fontMessage);
        var action = UIAlertAction.Create("OK", UIAlertActionStyle.Default, (action) =>
		{
			alert.DismissModalViewController(true);
		});
        ;
        alert.SetValueForKey(titleAtrr, new NSString("attributedTitle"));
        alert.SetValueForKey(messageAtrr, new NSString("attributedMessage"));
		alert.AddAction(action);
 
        var actionArr = new NSAttributedString("OK", fontTitle);
 
        Microsoft.Maui.ApplicationModel.Platform.GetCurrentUIViewController().PresentViewController(alert, false, () =>
		{// there is high risk to call the api
            var label = action.ValueForKey(new NSString("__representer"))?.ValueForKey(new NSString("label")) as UILabel;
            label.AttributedText = actionArr;
        });
 
 
    }

Best Regards,

Wenyan Zhang

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