I am trying to create a very basic app that has a text field and that prints out the value entered into the text field using NSLog when the return key is pressed. The code is below. So far, nothing seems to happen when text is put into the text field and I press enter. Can anyone assist?
#property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *textfld;
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
self.textfld.delegate = self;
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
}
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textfld {
}
- (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textfld {
NSLog(#"text is : %#",textfld.text);
}
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Use - (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField delegate method of UITextField in ViewController.m
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {
NSLog(#"text is : %#",textfld.text);
return YES:
}
textFieldShouldReturn: asks the delegate if the text field should process the pressing of the return button. Read more.
set a breakpoint at line 27 self.textfld.delegate = self; and see if self.textfld is nil. That will tell you whether you correctly created your property and wired your textfield to that property in Interface Builder. Chances are you didn't...
Try this:
NSLog(#"%#",_yourtextfieldname.text);
NSLog(#"%#",self.yourtextfieldname.text);
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I have looked everywhere for this answer but I haven't gotten a simple easy to follow answer to this question. I have 8 text fields that I need to fill out before I click and submit before moving onto the next page. I have hooked up each of the textfields to view controller.h file but I don't know how to disable the submit button easily step by step. Thank you so much for the help in advance.
I have tried this from a previous post but I could not get it to work..
Make an Outlet for every UITextField and create an IBAction in your .h:
IBOutlet UITextField *textField1;
IBOutlet UITextField *textField2;
IBOutlet UITextField *textField3;
IBOutlet UIButton *button
- (IBAction)editingChanged;
Connect all the outlets and connect the IBAction to every textfield with editingChanged:
- (IBAction)editingChanged {
if ([textfield1.text length] != 0 && [textfield2.text length] != 0 && [textfield3.text length] != 0) {
[button setEnabled:YES];
}
else {
[button setEnabled:NO];
}
}
Note that you can also use [textfield.text isEqualToString:#""] and put a ! in front of it (!means 'not' in objective-c) to recognize the empty textField, and say 'if the textField is empty do...'
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
[button setEnabled:NO];
}
try this,
1) You need to add textfiled delegate function to all your textfiled.
.h
#interface ViewController : UIViewController <UITextFieldDelegate>
.m
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
//set submit button disable
submitbtn.enable=NO
textfiled1.delegate = self;
textfiled2.delegate = self;
textfiled3.delegate = self;
textfiled4.delegate = self;
textfiled5.delegate = self;
textfiled6.delegate = self;
textfiled7.delegate = self;
textfiled8.delegate = self;
}
- (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
//check your all texfield length if not equal to zero in below if(condition)
if(alltextfiled_length != 0)
{
submitbtn.enable=YES
}
else
{
submitbtn.enable=NO
}
}
I suggest you read the documentation on connecting outlets.
To handle changes in the text fields your view controller class could conform to the UITextFieldDelegate protocol, assign your view controller as the delegate of each text field, and implement - (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField which will be called when tapping the Return button on each text field's keyboard.
I have a UITextField called place, it's text property contains an NSString. I would like to clear the existing content from the text property when the user taps into the text field.
I tried the code above, but nothing happened. I also tried it with the placeholder property, but it was the same. Do you have any idea what could be the problem? I think it should work.
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
self.place.text = nil;
}
2, version - in this case nothing appears in the text field from the beginning
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
...
[self textFieldDidBeginEditing:place];
}
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
textField.text = nil;
}
There is a property clearsOnBeginEditing you can set to YES programmatically or there is a checkbox in Interface Builder.
If you also want to clear your placeholder
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
textField.placeholder = nil;
}
Double check that the UITextField self.place has it's delegate set to your view controller and validate that textFieldDidBeginEditing is being called.
I have an UITextField to search the word that typed there. I set the returnKeyType as UIReturnKeySearch. But I couldn't figure how to bind a function that I created, to the "Search" button at the keyboard.
self.searchWord.returnKeyType=UIReturnKeySearch;
How can I do that? Thanks.
If I'm understanding correctly you need to implement the UITextfield delegate:
In your header file
#interface MyViewController : UIViewController <UITextFieldDelegate>
in viewDidLoad
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
self.searchTextField.delegate = self;
}
Then implement the delegate method.
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)aTextfield {
// Only do search when user hits return key on the search textfield.
if ([aTextfield isEqual:self.searchTextField]) {
// Method that does the search.
[self doSearch];
}
return YES;
}
(Iphone app) i would like to send one message after user select textfield, in that textfield only. but when ever we click on textfield keyboard appears.
Set the delegate of the UITextField and implement this method in the delegate:
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
// Do whatever you want
return NO;
}
Add UITextFieldDelegate in .h file and in .m file set Your yourTextField.delegate = self; and write this bellow code..
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
// write your messagehere
return NO;
}
I have a table with UITextFields, and I want to make it so that when a textfield is selected, the current info is cleared (to allow new input), but if the user decides (after selecting) that they don't want to change it, I want them to be able to click elsewhere and the data from before reappears in the textfield.
Is there an easy way to do this?
A good way to do this that's nice and user friendly is to use the placeholder property. Set up your viewController as the textfield's delegate (as described by Andeh) then add the following code:
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
textField.placeholder = textField.text;
textField.text = #"";
}
- (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
if (textField.text.length == 0) {
textField.text = textField.placeholder;
}
textField.placeholder = #"";
}
And you're done. If you have multiple UITextFields on the page and you don't want this behaviour for all of them you can add a check to the methods above.
In the textFieldDidBeginEditing delegate method, save the current value to a persisting variable before clearing the UITextField. Then in the didFinishEditing delegate method, if the new length of the user input is 0 set the text back to the stored value!
UITextField Delegate docs for reference.
First I think you have two sets of behaviors here.
The text field must clear the value when you begin editing. This exists: -clearsOnBeginEditing.
The text field must restore the previous text if text is empty. Subclassing seems the better solution.
Here is a possible sample class:
// MyRestoringTextField.h
#interface MyRestoringTextField : UITextField
#end
// MyTextField.m
#interface MyRestoringTextField ()
#property (strong, nonatomic) NSString *previousText;
#end
#implementation MyRestoringTextField
- (BOOL)becomeFirstResponder
{
BOOL result = [super becomeFirstResponder];
self.previousText = self.text;
return result;
}
- (BOOL)resignFirstResponder
{
BOOL result = [super resignFirstResponder];
if (self.text.length == 0)
self.text = self.previousText;
return result;
}
#end
Hope that helps.
To clear and then restore a textField if you fail to make an entry, use the following delegates as such:
-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:textField.text forKey:kTextFieldIdentifier];
textField.text = #"";
}
-(BOOL)textFieldShouldEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
if ([textField.text isEqualToString:#""])
textField.text = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]
stringForKey:kTextFieldIdentifier];
return YES;
}
As of iOS 8.1, textFieldDidBeginEditing is already receiving a cleared text. You should use
-(BOOL) textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
to initialized the placeholder field.