Swift default AlertViewController breaking constraints

Adding to this answer...This seems to remove the issue for me and doesn't require any changes to existing code.

extension UIAlertController {
    override open func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        pruneNegativeWidthConstraints()
    }

    func pruneNegativeWidthConstraints() {
        for subView in self.view.subviews {
            for constraint in subView.constraints where constraint.debugDescription.contains("width == - 16") {
                subView.removeConstraint(constraint)
            }
        }
    }
}

The following removes the warning without needing to disable animation. And assuming Apple eventually fixes the root cause of the warning, it shouldn't break anything else.

extension UIAlertController {
    func pruneNegativeWidthConstraints() {
        for subView in self.view.subviews {
            for constraint in subView.constraints where constraint.debugDescription.contains("width == - 16") {
                subView.removeConstraint(constraint)
            }
        }
    }
}

This can then be used like this:

// After all addActions(...), just before calling present(...)
alertController.pruneNegativeWidthConstraints()

It's a new bug in iOS versions:

• 12.2
• 12.3
• 12.4
• 13.0
• 13.1
• 13.2
• 13.2.3
• 13.3
• 13.4
• 13.4.1
• 13.5
• 13.6
• 14.0
• 14.2
• 14.4

The only thing we can do is to file a bug report to Apple (I just did that and you should too).

I'll try to update answer for a new version(s) of iOS when it come out.

This error is not critical, seems to be unfixed bug form Apple. This constraint appears in animation style just after presenting. I tried to catch and change it (change values, relations, priority) before presenting – no success because of this dynamically added constraints.

When you turn off animation in self.present(alert, animated: false) and using alert.view.addSubview(UIView()) – the error disappears. I can't explain it, but it works!

let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Change your profile image", message: nil, preferredStyle: .actionSheet)

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Photo Library", style: .default, handler: nil))
alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Online Stock Library", style: .default, handler: nil))
let cancel = UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .destructive, handler: nil)

alert.addAction(cancel)
alert.view.addSubview(UIView()) // I can't explain it, but it works!

self.present(alert, animated: false)