UITextField secureTextEntry - works going from YES to NO, but changing back to YES has no effect

Question

The above says it all- I have a UITextField set to secure, but want to give users the option to make it not secure (so they can see for sure what they typed if they are in a pri

Answer 1

Swift version of Sandy's solution.

if #available(iOS 9.2, *) {
    passwordTextField.secureTextEntry = !passwordTextField.secureTextEntry
}
else {
    let wasFirstResponder = passwordTextField.isFirstResponder()
    if wasFirstResponder {
        passwordTextField.resignFirstResponder()
    }

    passwordTextField.secureTextEntry = !passwordTextField.secureTextEntry
    if wasFirstResponder {
        passwordTextField.becomeFirstResponder()
    }
}