A modern iOS toast notification library with extensive customization and flexible positioning options.
CRToast is an iOS library for creating customizable toast notifications that can appear over or push out the status bar and navigation bar. It solves the need for rich, interactive notification components in iOS apps beyond basic system alerts. The library provides extensive customization options for appearance, animation, and user interactions.
iOS developers building applications that require rich notification systems with custom styling and interactive capabilities. Particularly useful for apps needing non-intrusive yet highly visible user feedback.
Developers choose CRToast for its extensive customization options, flexible positioning relative to system bars, and rich interaction support. It offers more control and polish than basic system alerts while being easier to implement than building custom notification systems from scratch.
A modern iOS toast view that can fit your notification needs
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Notifications can slide over or push out status and navigation bars, offering unique placement options not available in standard system alerts, as highlighted in the README's demo GIF.
Allows deep customization of text, fonts, colors, alignment, shadows, and left-aligned images using a dictionary-based approach similar to UIKit, providing maximum flexibility.
Supports taps, swipes, and multi-touch gestures with automatic dismissal via CRToastInteractionResponder, enabling interactive notifications that enhance user experience.
Provides queue management, default settings, and programmatic dismissal through CRToastManager, allowing precise control over notification flow and timing.
As an Objective-C library, it may not integrate seamlessly with Swift-only projects or leverage modern Swift paradigms like SwiftUI, potentially adding complexity.
Uses dictionary-based options that can be cumbersome and error-prone compared to type-safe Swift APIs, requiring careful key management as shown in the example code.
The last stable release (version 0.0.7) suggests infrequent updates, which could lead to compatibility issues with newer iOS versions or lack of support for recent features.