Adding textfield below another textfield programmatically in iOS - ios

Question

In my app I want to programmatically add textfield below another if required on click of a button. I already had provided two textFields. if a user want to add another textfield he can do so by clicking a button. I have already written code to obtain the textfield but the problem is that it overlaps the already designed textFields. How can I do it?
Is there any way through which I can get the x and Y co-ordinates of already designed textfield so that I can place new textField relative to those co-ordinates.

Answer 1

This code add textField to view dynamically when every click action on button
ExampleViewController.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface ExampleViewController :UIViewController<UITextFieldDelegate>
#property int positionY;
#property int fieldCount;
#property (strong,nonatomic) UIScrollView *scroll;
#end
ExampleViewController.m
#import "ExampleViewController.h"
#interface ExampleViewController ()
#end
#implementation ExampleViewController
#synthesize positionY;
#synthesize fieldCount;
#synthesize scroll;
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
scroll = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height)];
scroll.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
[self.view addSubview:scroll];
UIButton *clickToCreateTextField = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(40, 80, self.view.frame.size.width-80, 75)];
[clickToCreateTextField setTitle:#"Create Text Field" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[clickToCreateTextField addTarget:self action:#selector(clickedButton) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[clickToCreateTextField setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
[scroll addSubview:clickToCreateTextField];
positionY = clickToCreateTextField.center.y;
fieldCount = 0;
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
-(void) clickedButton{
//add text field programmitacally
UITextField *textField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(40, positionY, self.view.frame.size.width-80, 75)];
textField.delegate = self;
//give a tag to determine the which textField tapped
textField.tag = fieldCount;
textField.placeholder = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Your dynamically created textField: %d", fieldCount ];
[scroll addSubview:textField];
//check if the textFields bigger than view size set scroll size and offset
if (positionY>= self.view.frame.size.height) {
scroll.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, positionY);
scroll.contentSize = CGSizeMake(scroll.frame.size.width, scroll.frame.size.height+positionY);
}
fieldCount++;
//increase the position with a blank place
positionY = positionY+textField.frame.size.height+20;
}
#pragma mark TextField Delegate Methods
-(void) textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField{
//Do what ever you want
}
-(void) textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField{
[textField resignFirstResponder];
//do anything
}
-(BOOL) textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField{
[textField resignFirstResponder];
return YES;
}
-(void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
You can do any additional changes on this code.
I think this example explain your answer.
Hope it helps.

Answer 2

Use a counter and calculate y like this counter*texfield.frame.size.height.