I wish to implement an expandable textview inside the table cell, I found the GrowingTextView but I still failed to implement.I need to get input from user and the cell will auto resize when the users typing. Is there any easier implementation or guide on this? Thanks all
Actually you dont need 3rd party library to do this.
Change your GrowingTextView to UILabel
Config you UILabel to Top, Left, Right, and Bottom to the cell, and make "Title" label dependent on the UILabel
this is important because the cell size is dependant of the content of UILabel.
Set numberOfLines to 0 and
Set lineBreakMode to word wrapping or character warpping
Set tableView.rowHeight = UITableViewAutomaticDimension and tableView.estimatedRowHeight = 150 // or wtever you found reasonable
For task like these i suggest you can do more research on Internet instead of using a 3rd party library so fast, the keyword here is dynamic table view cell which by searching on Google there are lots of tutorials helping you out without using 3rd party library.
You can achieve it with native UITextView.
Implement this in the text view's delegate
- (void)textViewDidChange:(UITextView *)textView{
CGRect oldFrame = textView.frame;
CGSize constraint = CGSizeMake(yourTextViewWidth, MAXFLOAT);
CGRect rect = [textView.text boundingRectWithSize:constraint options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName:textView.font} context:nil];
CGSize size = CGSizeMake(rect.size.width, rect.size.height);
[textView setFrame:CGRectMake(oldFrame.origin.x, oldFrame.origin.y, oldFrame.size.width, size.height + 5)];
// These 2 lines to force UITableView to redo the height calculation.
[self.yourTableView beginUpdates];
[self.yourTableView endUpdates];
}
Then, implement this in the table view's delegate
- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{
NSString *yourTextViewText;
// You get the text either from the same way you did in cellForRowAtIndexPath dataSource
// or if you already referenced UITextView as your property you can easily retrieve the text by calling self.yourTextView.text
CGSize constraint = CGSizeMake(yourTextViewWidth, MAXFLOAT);
CGRect rect = [text boundingRectWithSize:constraint options:NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin attributes:#{NSFontAttributeName:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:yourFontSize]} context:nil];
CGSize size = CGSizeMake(rect.size.width, rect.size.height);
CGFloat height = MAX(size.height, yourDefaultCellHeight);
return height + 5;
}
UPDATE Swift version converted by Swiftify v4.1.6738 - https://objectivec2swift.com/
func textViewDidChange(_ textView: UITextView) {
let oldFrame: CGRect = textView.frame
let constraint = CGSize(width: yourTextViewWidth, height: MAXFLOAT)
let rect: CGRect = textView.text.boundingRect(with: constraint, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: [NSFontAttributeName: textView.font], context: nil)
let size = CGSize(width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
textView.frame = CGRect(x: oldFrame.origin.x, y: oldFrame.origin.y, width: oldFrame.size.width, height: size.height + 5)
// These 2 lines to force UITableView to redo the height calculation.
yourTableView.beginUpdates()
yourTableView.endUpdates()
}
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, heightForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> CGFloat {
let yourTextViewText: String
// You get the text either from the same way you did in cellForRowAtIndexPath dataSource
// or if you already referenced UITextView as your property you can easily retrieve the text by calling self.yourTextView.text
let constraint = CGSize(width: yourTextViewWidth, height: MAXFLOAT)
let rect: CGRect = text.boundingRect(with: constraint, options: .usesLineFragmentOrigin, attributes: [NSFontAttributeName: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: yourFontSize)], context: nil)
let size = CGSize(width: rect.size.width, height: rect.size.height)
let height: CGFloat = max(size.height, yourDefaultCellHeight)
return height + 5
}
How can i put an UILabel over the thumb of UISlider...so that when i move the thumb....UILabel will also move....as it is on the thumb...
Any idea??
Try this
yourLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:....];
//Call this method on Slider value change event
-(void)sliderValueChanged{
CGRect trackRect = [self.slider trackRectForBounds:self.slider.bounds];
CGRect thumbRect = [self.slider thumbRectForBounds:self.slider.bounds
trackRect:trackRect
value:self.slider.value];
yourLabel.center = CGPointMake(thumbRect.origin.x + self.slider.frame.origin.x, self.slider.frame.origin.y - 20);
}
I could get most accurate value by using this snippet.
The "knob" isn't available per public API, so bad chances for hooking it up - if it is a subview at all and not just drawn directly.
So you should add you label to the same view as the slider (make sure you add it later so that appears over it). You can then listen for the value change events and place your label accordingly. It is linear scaling between the endpoints that you need to figure out at first, but it shouldn't be too difficult.
Edit with code:
yourLabel = [[UILabel alloc]initWithFrame:....];
// .. configure label
[[yourSlider superview] addSubview:yourLabel];
[yourSlider addTarget:self action:#selector(adjustLabelForSlider:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
-(void)adjustLabelForSlider:(id)slider
{
float value = slider.value;
float min = slider.minimumValue;
float max = slider.maximumValue;
CGFloat newX = ...; // Calculate based on yourSlider.frame and value, min, and max
CGFloat newY = ...;
[yourLabel setCenter:CGPointMake(newX,newY)];
}
Note: untested code ;-)
Same answer with swift3:
let trackRect: CGRect = slider.trackRect(forBounds: slider.bounds)
let thumbRect: CGRect = slider.thumbRect(forBounds: slider.bounds , trackRect: trackRect, value: slider.value)
let x = thumbRect.origin.x + slider.frame.origin.x
let y = slider.frame.origin.y - 20
sliderLabel.center = CGPoint(x: x, y: y)
extension UIImage {
class func imageWithLabel(_ label: UILabel) -> UIImage {
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(label.bounds.size, false, 0)
defer { UIGraphicsEndImageContext() }
label.layer.render(in: UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)
return UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() ?? UIImage()
}
}
class ViewController: UIViewController, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate, UITextFieldDelegate, UITextViewDelegate, UIPickerViewDelegate, UIPickerViewDataSource, UIScrollViewDelegate
{
func maskRoundedImage(image: UIImage, radius: CGFloat) -> UIImage {
let imageView: UIImageView = UIImageView(image: image)
let layer = imageView.layer
layer.masksToBounds = true
layer.cornerRadius = radius
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(imageView.bounds.size)
layer.render(in: UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)
let roundedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
return roundedImage!
}
override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() {
super.viewWillLayoutSubviews()
let label = UILabel(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 28, height: 28))
label.backgroundColor = .black
label.textAlignment = .center
label.font = label.font.withSize(12)
label.text = String(Int(round( backlightSlider.value * 100 )))
label.textColor = .white
var image = UIImage.imageWithLabel(label)
image = maskRoundedImage(image: image, radius: 14.0)
backlightSlider.setThumbImage(image, for: .normal)
}
Just add an imageview on the thumb of slider add a label on imageview
- (IBAction)valueChangedSlider:(id)sender {
handleView = [_slider.subviews lastObject];
label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:handleView.bounds];
label = (UILabel*)[handleView viewWithTag:1000];
if (label==nil) {
label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:handleView.bounds];
label.tag = 1000;
[label setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]];
label.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentCenter;
[handleView addSubview:label];
}
label.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%0.2f", self.slider.value];
}
If anybody is looking for answer in Swift, please take a look of my answer here:- Put Label over UISlider Thumb
It'll work like a charm :)
This could be very helpful...
How to get the center of the thumb image of UISlider
I want to calculate the size of a string, to resize a UILabel. I used three different ways to calculate the size, to be exact, two ways. But I got three different results, and totally confused.
The most confusing thing is that I created a UILabel and use sizeToFit() to get the size. then I use the size to create a real UILabel and display it, but the label is truncated. Then I use sizeToFit() again to adjust the real UILabel, and the size is larger.
I doubted if it's caused by scale differences. But it is still three results on different simulators/devices.
Here's my code:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let items = ["connected devices", "join session", "start host"]
let font = UIFont.systemFontOfSize(16)
var i = 0
for item in items {
let size = item.size(font: font)
print("\(size)")
let attriSize = item.sizeWithAttributes([NSFontAttributeName:font])
print("attriSize\(attriSize)")
let label = UILabel(frame: CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 50, y: 50 + i*50), size: size))
label.text = item
label.backgroundColor = UIColor.redColor()
label.sizeToFit()
print("\(label.bounds.size)")
view.addSubview(label)
++i
print("\n")
}
}
}
extension String {
func size(font font: UIFont) -> CGSize {
let label = UILabel(frame: CGRectZero)
label.text = self
label.font = font
label.sizeToFit()
let size = label.bounds.size
return size
}
}
and the results are
(137.333333333333, 19.3333333333333)
attriSize(137.0859375, 19.09375)
(144.666666666667, 20.3333333333333)
(84.3333333333333, 19.3333333333333)
attriSize(84.265625, 19.09375)
(89.0, 20.3333333333333)
(70.0, 19.3333333333333)
attriSize(69.765625, 19.09375)
(73.6666666666667, 20.3333333333333)
I really want to know what's wrong with sizeToFit(). Any help is appreciated.
Hi it is working example that can help you :
let fixedWidth = textView.frame.size.width
textView.sizeThatFits(CGSize(width: fixedWidth, height: CGFloat.max))
let newSize = textView.sizeThatFits(CGSize(width: fixedWidth, height: CGFloat.max))
var newFrame = textView.frame
newFrame.size = CGSize(width: max(newSize.width, fixedWidth), height: newSize.height)
textView.frame = newFrame;
The leftView and rightView views of an UITextField on iOS7 are really close to the textfield border.
How may I add some (horizontal) padding to those items?
I tried modifying the frame, but did not work
uint padding = 10;//padding for iOS7
UIImageView * iconImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:iconImage];
iconImageView.frame = CGRectMake(0 + padding, 0, 16, 16);
textField.leftView = iconImageView;
Please, note that I'm not interested in adding padding to the textfield's text, like this Set padding for UITextField with UITextBorderStyleNone
A much simpler solution, which takes advantage of contentMode:
arrow = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"down_arrow"]];
arrow.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, arrow.image.size.width+10.0, arrow.image.size.height);
arrow.contentMode = UIViewContentModeCenter;
textField.rightView = arrow;
textField.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
In Swift 3,
let arrow = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "arrowDrop"))
if let size = arrow.image?.size {
arrow.frame = CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: size.width + 10.0, height: size.height)
}
arrow.contentMode = UIViewContentMode.center
self.textField.rightView = arrow
self.textField.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewMode.always
Was just working on this myself and used this solution:
- (CGRect) rightViewRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
CGRect textRect = [super rightViewRectForBounds:bounds];
textRect.origin.x -= 10;
return textRect;
}
This will move the image over from the right by 10 instead of having the image squeezed up against the edge in iOS 7.
Additionally, this was in a subclass of UITextField, which can be created by:
Create a new file that's a subclass of UITextField instead of the default NSObject
Add a new method named - (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder*)coder to set the image
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder*)coder {
self = [super initWithCoder:coder];
if (self) {
self.clipsToBounds = YES;
[self setRightViewMode:UITextFieldViewModeUnlessEditing];
self.leftView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"textfield_edit_icon.png"]];
}
return self;
}
You may have to import #import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
Add the rightViewRectForBounds method above
In Interface Builder, click on the TextField you would like to subclass and change the class attribute to the name of this new subclass
Easiest way is add a UIView to leftView/righView and add an ImageView to UIView , adjust the origin of ImageView inside UIView anywhere you like , this worked for me like a charm. It needs only few lines of code
UIImageView *imgView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 5, 26, 26)];
imgView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"img.png"];
UIView *paddingView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 32, 32)];
[paddingView addSubview:imgView];
[txtField setLeftViewMode:UITextFieldViewModeAlways];
[txtField setLeftView:paddingView];
This works great for Swift:
let imageView = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "image.png"))
imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentMode.Center
imageView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, imageView.image!.size.width + 20.0, imageView.image!.size.height)
textField.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewMode.Always
textField.rightView = imageView
This works for me
UIView *paddingView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 10, 20)];
self.passwordTF.leftView = paddingView;
self.passwordTF.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
May it helps you.
I like this solution because it solves the problem with a single line of code
myTextField.layer.sublayerTransform = CATransform3DMakeTranslation(10.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
Note: .. or 2 if you consider including QuartzCore a line :)
Swift 5
class CustomTextField: UITextField {
func invalidate() {
let errorImage = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "errorImage"))
errorImage.frame = CGRect(x: 8, y: 8, width: 16, height: 16)
rightView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 32, height: 32))
rightView?.addSubview(errorImage)
rightViewMode = .always
}
}
You'll want to:
Subclass UITextField
Write an invalidate method inside the
subclassed text field
In the invalidate method, create a UIView
larger than your image
Place your image inside the view
Assign the
view to UITextField.rightView
Instead of manipluating imageView or image we can override a method provided by apple for rightView.
class CustomTextField : UITextField {
override func rightViewRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect) -> CGRect {
let offset = 5
let width = 20
let height = width
let x = Int(bounds.width) - width - offset
let y = offset
let rightViewBounds = CGRect(x: x, y: y, width: width, height: height)
return rightViewBounds
}}
and same way we can override below func for left view.
override func leftViewRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect) -> CGRect {
/*return as per requirement*/
}
The best way to do this is simply make a class using subclass of UITextField and in .m file
#import "CustomTextField.h"
#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h>
#implementation CustomTextField
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder*)coder
{
self = [super initWithCoder:coder];
if (self) {
//self.clipsToBounds = YES;
//[self setRightViewMode:UITextFieldViewModeUnlessEditing];
self.leftView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0,15,46)];
self.leftViewMode=UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
}
return self;
}
by doing this go to your storyboard or xib and click on identity inspector and replace UITextfield with your own "CustomTextField" in class option.
Note: If you simply give padding with auto layout for textfield then your application will not run and show only blank screen.
I found this somewhere...
UIView *paddingView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 5, 20)];
paddingView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
itemDescription.leftView = paddingView;
itemDescription.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
[self addSubview:itemDescription];
Since iOS 13 and Xcode 11 this is the only solution that works for us.
// Init of custom UITextField
override init(frame: CGRect) {
super.init(frame: frame)
if let size = myButton.imageView?.image?.size {
myButton.frame = CGRect(x:0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height)
let padding: CGFloat = 5
let container = UIView(frame: CGRect(x:0, y: 0, width: size.width + padding, height: size.height))
container.addSubview(myButton)
myButton.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
myButton.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: container.topAnchor),
myButton.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: container.leftAnchor),
myButton.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: container.bottomAnchor),
myButton.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: container.rightAnchor, constant: -padding),
])
textField.rightViewMode = .always
textField.rightView = container
}
}
Maybe you might set up an empty view and embed your view as a subview:
let imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 50.0, height: 50.0))
imageView.contentMode = .center
imageView.image = UIImage(named: "ic_dropdown")
let emptyView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 50.0, height: 50.0))
emptyView.backgroundColor = .clear
emptyView.addSubview(imageView)
self.documentTypeTextLabel.rightView = emptyView
self.documentTypeTextLabel.rightViewMode = .always
Happy coding
Create a custom UITextField class and use that class instead of UITextField. Override - (CGRect) textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds to set the rect that you need
Example
- (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds{
CGRect textRect = [super textRectForBounds:bounds];
textRect.origin.x += 10;
textRect.size.width -= 10;
return textRect;
}
Here is one solution:
UIView *paddingTxtfieldView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 42)]; // what ever you want
txtfield.leftView = paddingTxtfieldView;
txtfield.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
Below example is for adding horizontal padding to a left view that happens to be an icon - you can use the similar approach for adding padding to any UIView that you would like to use as the textfield's left view.
Inside UITextField subclass:
static CGFloat const kLeftViewHorizontalPadding = 10.0f;
#implementation TextFieldWithLeftIcon
{
UIImage *_image;
UIImageView *_imageView;
}
- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame image:(UIImage *)image
{
self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
if (self) {
if (image) {
_image = image;
_imageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image];
_imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeCenter;
self.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
self.leftView = _imageView;
}
}
return self;
}
#pragma mark - Layout
- (CGRect)leftViewRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds
{
CGFloat widthWithPadding = _image.size.width + kLeftViewHorizontalPadding * 2.0f;
return CGRectMake(0, 0, widthWithPadding, CGRectGetHeight(bounds));
}
Although we are a subclassing UITextField here, I believe this is the cleanest approach.
- (CGRect)rightViewRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds
{
return CGRectMake(bounds.size.width - 40, 0, 40, bounds.size.height);
}
thank you guys for your answers, to my surprise none of them really fitted the right view image to my textfield while still providing the needed padding. then i thought of using the AspectFill mode and miracles happened. for future seekers, here's what i used:
UIImageView *emailRightView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 35, 35)];
emailRightView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFill;
emailRightView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:#"icon_email.png"];
emailTextfield.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
emailTextfield.rightView = emailRightView;
the 35 in the frame of my imageview represents the height of my emailTextfield, feel free to adjust it to your needs.
If you are using a UIImageView as leftView then you have to use this code :
Caution : Don't use inside viewWillAppear or viewDidAppear
-(UIView*)paddingViewWithImage:(UIImageView*)imageView andPadding:(float)padding
{
float height = CGRectGetHeight(imageView.frame);
float width = CGRectGetWidth(imageView.frame) + padding;
UIView *paddingView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height)];
[paddingView addSubview:imageView];
return paddingView;
}
I created a custom method in my ViewController class, like shown bellow:
- (void) modifyTextField:(UITextField *)textField
{
// Prepare the imageView with the required image
uint padding = 10;//padding for iOS7
UIImageView * iconImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:iconImage];
iconImageView.frame = CGRectMake(0 + padding, 0, 16, 16);
// Set the imageView to the left of the given text field.
textField.leftView = iconImageView;
textField.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
}
Now I can call that method inside (viewDidLoad method) and send any of my TextFields to that method and add padding for both right and left, and give text and background colors by writing just one line of code, as follows:
[self modifyTextField:self.firstNameTxtFld];
This Worked perfectly on iOS 7! Hope this still works on iOS 8 and 9 too!
I know that adding too much Views might make this a bit heavier object to be loaded. But when concerned about the difficulty in other solutions, I found myself more biased to this method and more flexible with using this way. ;)
Hope this answer might be helpful or useful to figure out another solution to someone else.
Cheers!
This works for me just like I looking for:
func addImageViewInsideMyTextField() {
let someView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 40, height: 24))
let imageView = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "accountImage"))
imageView.frame = CGRect(x: 16, y: 0, width: 24, height: 24)
imageView.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
someView.addSubview(imageView)
self.myTextField.leftView = someView
self.myTextField.leftViewMode = .always
}
Set Rightview of UITextField using swift 4.2
TxtPass.rightViewMode = UITextField.ViewMode.always
let imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 18, height: 18))
imageView.contentMode = UIView.ContentMode.scaleAspectFit
let image = UIImage(named: "hidepass")
imageView.image = image
let rightView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 28, height: 18))
rightView.addSubview(imageView)
rightView.contentMode = UIView.ContentMode.left
TxtPass.rightView = rightView
One trick: Add a UIView containing UIImageView to UITextField as rightView. This UIView must be larger in size, now place the UIImageView to left of it. So there will be a padding of space from right.
// Add a UIImageView to UIView and now this UIView to UITextField - txtFieldDate
UIView *viewRightIntxtFieldDate = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 30)];
// (Height of UITextField is 30px so height of viewRightIntxtFieldDate = 30px)
UIImageView *imgViewCalendar = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 10, 10, 10)];
[imgViewCalendar setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"calendar_icon.png"]];
[viewRightIntxtFieldDate addSubview:imgViewCalendar];
txtFieldDate.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeAlways;
txtFieldDate.rightView = viewRightIntxtFieldDate;
I have had this problem myself, and by far the easiest solution is to modify your image to simply add padding to each side of the image!
I just altered my png image to add 10 pixels transparent padding, and it works well, with no coding at all!
Easiest way is just change the Textfield as RoundRect instead of Custom and see the magic. :)
for Swift2 , I use
...
self.mSearchTextField.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewMode.Always
let searchImg = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: "search.png"))
let size = self.mSearchTextField.frame.height
searchImg.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, size,size)
searchImg.contentMode = UIViewContentMode.ScaleAspectFit
self.mSearchTextField.leftView = searchImg
...
...
textField.rightView = UIImageView(image: ...)
textField.rightView?.contentMode = .top
textField.rightView?.bounds.size.height += 10
textField.rightViewMode = .always
...
I realize this an old post and this answer is a bit specific to my use case, but I posted it in case others are seeking a similar solution. I want to move a UITextField's leftView or rightView but I am not putting images in them and do not want any hard coded constants.
My UI calls for hiding the text field's clear button and displaying a UIActivityIndicatorView where the clear button was located.
I add a spinner to the rightView, but out of the box (on iOS 13) it is shifted 20 pixels to the right of the clearButton. I don't like to use magic numbers since the position of the clearButton and rightView are subject to change at any time by Apple. The UI design intent is "spinner where the clear button is" so my solution was to subclass UITextField and override rightViewRect(forBounds).
override func rightViewRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect) -> CGRect {
// Use clearButton's rectangle
return self.clearButtonRect(forBounds: bounds)
}
Below is a working example (sans Storyboard):
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class myCustomTextField: UITextField {
override func rightViewRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect) -> CGRect {
// Use clearButton rectangle
return self.clearButtonRect(forBounds: bounds)
}
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class myViewController: UIViewController {
var activityView: UIActivityIndicatorView = {
let activity = UIActivityIndicatorView()
activity.startAnimating()
return activity
}()
#IBOutlet weak var searchTextField: myCustomTextField!
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// MARK: - Lifecycle
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
searchTextField.rightView = activityView
searchTextField.rightViewMode = .never // Hide spinner
searchTextField.clearButtonMode = .never // Hide clear button
setupUIForTextEntry()
}
// ...
// More code to switch between user text entry and "search progress"
// by calling setupUI... functions below
// ...
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// MARK: - UI
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
func setupUIForTextEntry() {
// Hide spinner
searchTextField.rightViewMode = .never
// Show clear button
searchTextField.clearButtonMode = .whileEditing
searchTextField.becomeFirstResponder()
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
func setupUIForSearching() {
// Show spinner
searchTextField.rightViewMode = .always
// Hide clear button
searchTextField.clearButtonMode = .never
searchTextField.resignFirstResponder()
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Simple approach:
textField.rightViewMode = .always
let imageView = UIImageView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 25, height: 15))
textField.contentMode = .scaleAspectFit
imageView = UIImage(named: "imageName")
textField.rightView = imageView
Note: Height should be smaller than the width to allow horizontal padding.