Max length UITextField

Question

When I\'ve tried How to you set the maximum number of characters that can be entered into a UITextField using swift?, I saw that if I use all 10 characters, I can\'t erase t

Answer 1

I do it like this:

func checkMaxLength(textField: UITextField!, maxLength: Int) {
    if (countElements(textField.text!) > maxLength) {
        textField.deleteBackward()
    }
}

The code works for me. But I work with storyboard. In Storyboard I add an action for the text field in the view controller on editing changed.

Answer 2

Swift 5

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
        let MAX_LENGTH = 4
        let updatedString = (textField.text! as NSString).replacingCharacters(in: range, with: string)
        return updatedString.count <= MAX_LENGTH
    }

Answer 3

In Swift 4

10 Characters limit for text field and allow to delete(backspace)

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
        if textField ==  userNameFTF{
            let char = string.cString(using: String.Encoding.utf8)
            let isBackSpace = strcmp(char, "\\b")
            if isBackSpace == -92 {
                return true
            }
            return textField.text!.count <= 9
        }
        return true
    }

Answer 4

Since delegates are a 1-to-1 relationship and I might want to use it elsewhere for other reasons, I like to restrict textfield length adding this code within their setup:

    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)!
        setup()
    }

    required override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
        setup()
    }

    func setup() {

        // your setup...

        setMaxLength()
    }

    let maxLength = 10

    private func setMaxLength() {
            addTarget(self, action: #selector(textfieldChanged(_:)), for: UIControlEvents.editingChanged)
        }

        @objc private func textfieldChanged(_ textField: UITextField) {
            guard let text = text else { return }
            let trimmed = text.characters.prefix(maxLength)
            self.text = String(trimmed)

        }

Answer 5

You need to check whether the existing string plus the input is greater than 10.

   func textField(textField: UITextField!,shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange,    replacementString string: String!) -> Bool {
      NSUInteger newLength = textField.text.length + string.length - range.length;
      return !(newLength > 10)
   }

Answer 6

Update for Swift 4

 func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
     guard let text = textField.text else { return true }
     let newLength = text.count + string.count - range.length
     return newLength <= 10
}