Action sheet doesn't show Cancel button on iPad

Question

On the iphone, this code shows the cancel button:

- (IBAction)buttonPressed
{
    UIActionSheet *actionSheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc]
                                  initWithTitle:@"Are you sure?"
                                  delegate:self 
                                  cancelButtonTitle:@"No way!"
                                  destructiveButtonTitle:@"Yes, I'm sure!"
                                  otherButtonTitles:nil];
    [actionSheet showInView:self.view];
    [actionSheet release];  
}

But on the iPad, only the destructive button shows.
What's the problem?

Answer 1

This is part of the UI design and guidlines. Under 'Action Sheet' they say:

Do not include a Cancel button, because people can tap outside the popover to dismiss the action sheet without selecting one of the other alternatives.

It looks like the SDK hide the button for you on purpose. I'm not sure there is a solution, but maybe you could add your own button and set the cancelButtonIndex to match. Or you could switch to UIAlertView.