Allowing single digit in UITextField in iOS

Question

I have a Verification ViewController, I get 4 digit verification code by SMS and I need to enter those code to login, I have created the ViewController

Answer 1

Provide the tag to the textfield like 1,2,3,4 and directly use it

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool


    let next:NSInteger

    if string == "" {

        next = textField.tag - 1;

    }
    else{

        next = textField.tag + 1;

    }

    if (textField.text?.characters.count)! >= 1 {

        if textField.tag == 4 {

            if string == "" {

                textField.text = ""

                let temptf = self.view.viewWithTag(next) as! UITextField

                temptf.becomeFirstResponder()

                return false

            }
            else{

                if (textField.text?.characters.count)! > 1 {

                    let stringg = textField.text!
                    textField.text = stringg.replacingOccurrences(of: stringg, with: string)
                }
                return false
            }
        }
        else{
            if string == "" {

                textField.text = ""

                if next != 0 {

                    let temptf = self.view.viewWithTag(next) as! UITextField
                    temptf.becomeFirstResponder()

                }

                return false
            }

            else{

                if (textField.text?.characters.count)! > 1 {


                    let stringg = textField.text!
                    textField.text = stringg.replacingOccurrences(of: stringg, with: string)

                }

                    let temptf = self.view.viewWithTag(next) as! UITextField

                    temptf.becomeFirstResponder()

            }
        }
    }

    return true

}

Answer 2

Try this sample tutorial passcode lock

ViewController.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface ViewController : UIViewController<UITextFieldDelegate>
{
 IBOutlet UITextField *txtPassword;
}
 @end

ViewController.m

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
txtPassword.delegate=self;
}


- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string 
{
NSUInteger newLength = [textField.text length] + [string length] - range.length;
return (newLength > 1) ? NO : YES;
}

Answer 3

try this : - For swift 3.0

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
    // On inputing value to textfield
    if ((textField.text?.characters.count)! < 1  && string.characters.count > 0){
        let nextTag = textField.tag + 1;

        // get next responder
        let nextResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(nextTag);
        textField.text = string;

        if (nextResponder == nil){
            textField.resignFirstResponder()
        }
        nextResponder?.becomeFirstResponder();
        return false;
    }
    else if ((textField.text?.characters.count)! >= 1  && string.characters.count == 0){
        // on deleting value from Textfield
        let previousTag = textField.tag - 1;

        // get next responder
        var previousResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(previousTag);

        if (previousResponder == nil){
            previousResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(1);
        }
        textField.text = "";
        previousResponder?.becomeFirstResponder();
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

converted Anurag Soni answer in swift 3.0

You just have to implement this method only.

Answer 4

You can change the text field like this by using the delegate function of the text field. Initially, you need to set the delegate and the tag of each text field.

- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
{
    if ((textField.text.length >= 1) && (string.length > 0))
    {
        NSInteger nextTag = textField.tag + 1;
        // Try to find next responder
        UIResponder* nextResponder = [textField.superview viewWithTag:nextTag];
        if (! nextResponder)
            nextResponder = [textField.superview viewWithTag:1];

        if (nextResponder)
           // Found next responder, so set it.
           [nextResponder becomeFirstResponder];

        return NO;
    }
    return YES;
}

Swift 2

func textField(textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
    // On inputing value to textfield
    if (textField.text?.characters.count < 1  && string.characters.count > 0){
        let nextTag = textField.tag + 1;

        // get next responder
        var nextResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(nextTag);

        if (nextResponder == nil){
            nextResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(1);
        }
        textField.text = string;
        nextResponder?.becomeFirstResponder();
        return false;
    }
    else if (textField.text?.characters.count >= 1  && string.characters.count == 0){
        // on deleting value from Textfield
        let previousTag = textField.tag - 1;

        // get next responder
        var previousResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(previousTag);

        if (previousResponder == nil){
            previousResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(1);
        }
        textField.text = "";
        previousResponder?.becomeFirstResponder();
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

Swift 4

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {

    if textField.text!.count < 1  && string.count > 0{
        let nextTag = textField.tag + 1

        // get next responder
        var nextResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(nextTag)

        if (nextResponder == nil){

            nextResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(1)
        }
        textField.text = string
        nextResponder?.becomeFirstResponder()
        return false
    }
    else if textField.text!.count >= 1  && string.count == 0{
        // on deleting value from Textfield
        let previousTag = textField.tag - 1

        // get next responder
        var previousResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(previousTag)

        if (previousResponder == nil){
            previousResponder = textField.superview?.viewWithTag(1)
        }
        textField.text = ""
        previousResponder?.becomeFirstResponder()
        return false
    }
    return true

}

Answer 5

Modified Anurag Soni's answer in Swift 3.

• It assumes you have outlet collection named textFields and the text fields have ordered tags set
• It adds case when there's already some digit in text field and when user types something new - the digit is replaced
• Input is restricted to digits only

• It prevents from pasting more than one digit

  func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
      // Restrict to only digits
      let aSet = NSCharacterSet(charactersIn:"0123456789").inverted
      let compSepByCharInSet = string.components(separatedBy: aSet)
      let numberFiltered = compSepByCharInSet.joined(separator: "")
  
      if string != numberFiltered {
          return false
      }
  
      // Get the unwrapped text
      guard let text = textField.text else {
          return false
      }
  
      if (text.characters.count < 1  && string.characters.count == 1) {
          // New value to empty text field
          textField.text = string
  
          // Next responder
          if let someTextField = (textFields.filter { $0.tag == textField.tag + 1 }).first {
              someTextField.becomeFirstResponder()
          } else {
              view.endEditing(true)
          }
  
          return false
      } else if (text.characters.count >= 1  && string.characters.count == 0){
          // On deleting value from Textfield
          textField.text = ""
  
          // Previous responder
          if let someTextField = (textFields.filter { $0.tag == textField.tag - 1 }).first {
              someTextField.becomeFirstResponder()
          } else {
              view.endEditing(true)
          }
  
          return false
      } else if string.characters.count == 1 {
          // There's already some digit in text field
          // Replace it with new one
          textField.text = string
  
          // Next responder
          if let someTextField = (textFields.filter { $0.tag == textField.tag + 1 }).first {
              someTextField.becomeFirstResponder()
          } else {
              view.endEditing(true)
          }
      }
  
      return false
  }
  

Answer 6

I was working on a similar functionality and did it in my way. Solution below. Swift 4

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {

 //For clear button pressed
 //If the textfield has already text in it
 if string.count == 0 {
    textField.text = string
    return true
 }

 //For First time entry into the text field
 guard let text = textField.text, text.count <= 0  else {
    //If user enter second character
    return false
 }
 //For First time entry into the text field
 if text.count == 0  {
     textField.text = string
     textField.resignFirstResponder()
     self.nextResponde(tag: textField.tag)
     return true
  }
  return false
}

//To make the next field as responder
func nextResponde(tag: Int) {
    switch tag {
    case self.PINTextField.tag:
        guard let text = self.PINTextField1.text, text.count == 1 else {
            self.PINTextField1.becomeFirstResponder()
            return
        }
    case self.PINTextField1.tag:
        guard let text = self.PINTextField2.text, text.count == 1 else {
            self.PINTextField2.becomeFirstResponder()
            return
        }
    case self.PINTextField2.tag:
        guard let text = self.PINTextField3.text, text.count == 1 else {
            self.PINTextField3.becomeFirstResponder()
            return
        }
    default:
        let _ = tag
    }
}