Summary:
Ok, so this started as fixing #5273 but ended up getting a little more complicated. 😄
Currently, AlertIOS has the following API:
* `alert(title, message, buttons, type)`
* `prompt(title, defaultValue, buttons, callback)`
I've changed the API to look like the following:
* `alert(title, message, callbackOrButtons)`
* `prompt(title, message, callbackOrButtons, type, defaultValue)`
I know that breaking changes are a big deal, but I find the current alert API to be fairly inconsistent and unnecessarily confusing. I'll try to justify my changes one by one:
1. Currently `type` is an optional parameter of `alert`. However, the only reason to change the alert type from the default is in order to create one of the input dialogs (text, password or username/password). So we're in a weird state where if you want a normal text input, you use `prompt`, but if you want a password input you use `alert` with the 'secure-text' type. I've moved `type` to `prompt` so all text input is now done with `pro
Closes https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/5286
Reviewed By: svcscm
Differential Revision: D2850400
Pulled By: androidtrunkagent
fb-gh-sync-id: 2986cfa2266225df7e4dcd703fce1e322c12b816
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