Cocoa touch how to run a UIAlertView inside a while loop - objective-c

Question

I have an int where someone sets how many spellings there are called samount and a int called amountdone and they are both set to 0 like this NSInteger samount = 0;
NSInteger amountdone = 0;at the start. I have a button and when it is clicked it calls the method Startese. The code is
- (IBAction)Startest:(id)sender {
UIAlertView *amount = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Amount" message:#"How much spellings are there" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"That amount" otherButtonTitles:nil];
[amount setAlertViewStyle:UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput];
[[amount textFieldAtIndex:0] setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad];
[amount setTag: 0];
[amount show];
}
And I need a UIAlertView to display its self and then add its text in to an array I have got the alertView clickedButtonAtIndex void working like this
- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
switch (alertView.tag)
{
case 0: /* amount alert */
{
samount = [[alertView textFieldAtIndex:0]text];
UIAlertView *spellings = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:#"Enter Spelling " message:#"Pleaseenter ONE of the spellings" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles: nil];
[spellings setTag:1];
[spellings setAlertViewStyle:UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput];
[spellings show];
}
break;
case 1: /* Spellings alert*/{
while (amountdone < samount) {
amountdone = amountdone + 1;
self.myarry = [[alertView textFieldAtIndex:0]text];
}
}
break;
}
}
`
It works the first time but once the while loop activates it freezes the app does anyone know how to fix this

Answer 1

Create method to create and launch your alertView and in clickedButtonAtIndex: method call after delay;
[self performSelector:#selector(yourMethodForLaunchingAlertView:)
withObject:objectOrNill
afterDelay:0.5];
Hope this help.

Answer 2

Well, the reason it is locking up is because amountdone is never set to anything other than the initialization of 0, so amountdone < samount is likely always true, and therefore your while loop continues forever.
When is amountdone suppose to be set?
Edit
I don't think you want a while loop. Based on what you've got
while (amountdone < samount) {
amountdone = amountdone + 1;
self.myarry = [[alertView textFieldAtIndex:0]text];
}
The while loop provides no value, it may as well be an if condition because you're setting the same thing over and over again (which setting NSString to NSArray doesn't make sense either).
I think it's time to take a step back and reevaluate the problem you're solving and your approach. Maybe I can help if you describe the use-case/business requirement.