@IBAction func sendSweet(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {

    var inputTextField: UITextField?
    let alert = UIAlertController(title: "New sweet", message: "Enter a sweet", preferredStyle: .alert)
    alert.addTextField { (textField: UITextField) in
        textField.placeholder = "Your sweet"
        inputTextField = textField
    }

    let sendAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Send", style: .default, handler: {
        [weak self] (alertAction: UIAlertAction) in
        guard let strongSelf = self else { return }

        if inputTextField?.text != "" {
            let newSweet = CKRecord(recordType: "Sweet")
            newSweet["content"] = inputTextField?.text as CKRecordValue?

            let publicData = CKContainer.default().publicCloudDatabase
            publicData.save(newSweet, completionHandler: {
                (record: CKRecord?, error: Error?) in

                if error == nil {
                    // we want ui code to dispatch asychronously in main thread
                    DispatchQueue.main.async {
                        strongSelf.tableView.beginUpdates()
                        strongSelf.sweets.insert(newSweet, at: 0)
                        let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0)
                        strongSelf.tableView.insertRows(at: [indexPath], with: .top)
                        strongSelf.tableView.endUpdates()
                    }
                } else {
                    if let error = error {
                        print(error.localizedDescription)
                        return
                    }
                }
            })
        }
    })

    alert.addAction(sendAction)
    alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel, handler: nil))
    present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

}