Style all UITextFields at once rather than in each ViewController?

Question

I\'m trying to style all the textfields like so:

CGRect frameRect2 = _lastname_field.frame;
frameRect2.size.height = 30;

_lastname_field.font = [UIFont font         


        

Answer 1

Subclass UITextField and add your customization in the initWithFrame method. Add initWithCoder method in the custom class where you call the super and return [self initWithFrame:[self frame]]. Then change the class in Interface Builder for each text field.

It will be something like this:

// MyUITextField.h
@interface MyUITextField : UITextField {
    // Your IVars
}

@property (retain, readonly) float value;
@end

// MyUITextField.m
@implementation MyClass

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder {

    [super initWithCoder:decoder];
    return [self initWithFrame:[self frame]];
}

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {

    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        // Your customization
    }
}

@end