Add bottom line to view in SwiftUI / Swift / Objective-C / Xamarin

Question

I would like to keep the border at the bottom part only in UITextField. But I don\'t know how we can keep it on the bottom side.

Can you please advise m

Answer 1

For View : (Most Recommended)

It works for all type of UIView subclass (view, textfiled, label, etc...) using UIView extension

It is more simple and convenient. But the only condition is the view must contain an auto layout.

extension UIView {
    enum Line_Position {
        case top
        case bottom
    }

    func addLine(position : Line_Position, color: UIColor, height: Double) {
        let lineView = UIView()
        lineView.backgroundColor = color
        lineView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false // This is important!
        self.addSubview(lineView)

        let metrics = ["width" : NSNumber(value: height)]
        let views = ["lineView" : lineView]
        self.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "H:|[lineView]|", options:NSLayoutConstraint.FormatOptions(rawValue: 0), metrics:metrics, views:views))

        switch position {
        case .top:
            self.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:|[lineView(width)]", options:NSLayoutConstraint.FormatOptions(rawValue: 0), metrics:metrics, views:views))
            break
        case .bottom:
            self.addConstraints(NSLayoutConstraint.constraints(withVisualFormat: "V:[lineView(width)]|", options:NSLayoutConstraint.FormatOptions(rawValue: 0), metrics:metrics, views:views))
            break
        }
    }
}

How to use?

// UILabel
self.lblDescription.addLine(position: .bottom, color: UIColor.blue, height: 1.0)

and

// UITextField
self.txtArea.addLine(position: .bottom, color: UIColor.red, height: 1.0)

Answer 2

SwiftUI

in SwiftUI, there is a View called Divider that is perfectly matched for this. You can add it below any view by embedding them into a simple VStack:

VStack {
    Text("This could be any View")
    Divider()
}

Answer 3

Objective C

        [txt.layer setBackgroundColor: [[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor]];
        [txt.layer setBorderColor: [[UIColor grayColor] CGColor]];
        [txt.layer setBorderWidth: 0.0];
        [txt.layer setCornerRadius:12.0f];
        [txt.layer setMasksToBounds:NO];
        [txt.layer setShadowRadius:2.0f];
        txt.layer.shadowColor = [[UIColor blackColor] CGColor];
        txt.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(1.0f, 1.0f);
        txt.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0f;
        txt.layer.shadowRadius = 1.0f;

Swift

        txt.layer.backgroundColor = UIColor.white.cgColor
        txt.layer.borderColor = UIColor.gray.cgColor
        txt.layer.borderWidth = 0.0
        txt.layer.cornerRadius = 5
        txt.layer.masksToBounds = false
        txt.layer.shadowRadius = 2.0
        txt.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
        txt.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize.init(width: 1.0, height: 1.0)
        txt.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0
        txt.layer.shadowRadius = 1.0

Answer 4

You can create a subclass of UITextField as shown below:

class TextField : UITextField {

    override var tintColor: UIColor! {

        didSet {
            setNeedsDisplay()
        }
    }

    override func draw(_ rect: CGRect) {

        let startingPoint   = CGPoint(x: rect.minX, y: rect.maxY)
        let endingPoint     = CGPoint(x: rect.maxX, y: rect.maxY)

        let path = UIBezierPath()

        path.move(to: startingPoint)
        path.addLine(to: endingPoint)
        path.lineWidth = 2.0

        tintColor.setStroke()

        path.stroke()
    }
}