UITextField text change event

Question

How can I detect any text changes in a textField? The delegate method shouldChangeCharactersInRange works for something, but it did not fulfill my need exactly.

Answer 1

Swift Version tested:

//Somewhere in your UIViewController, like viewDidLoad(){ ... }
self.textField.addTarget(
        self, 
        action: #selector(SearchViewController.textFieldDidChange(_:)),
        forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.EditingChanged
)

Parameters explained:

self.textField //-> A UITextField defined somewhere in your UIViewController
self //-> UIViewController
.textFieldDidChange(_:) //-> Can be named anyway you like, as long as it is defined in your UIViewController

Then add the method you created above in your UIViewController:

//Gets called everytime the text changes in the textfield.
func textFieldDidChange(textField: UITextField){

    print("Text changed: " + textField.text!)

}