How do I check when a UITextField changes?

Question

I am trying to check when a text field changes, equivalent too the function used for textView - textViewDidChange so far I have done this:

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Answer 1

textField(_:shouldChangeCharactersIn:replacementString:) worked for me in Xcode 8, Swift 3 if you want to check every single keypress.

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

    // Whatever code you want to run here.
    // Keep in mind that the textfield hasn't yet been updated,
    // so use 'string' instead of 'textField.text' if you want to
    // access the string the textfield will have after a user presses a key

    var statusText = self.status.text
    var usernameText = self.username.text

    switch textField{
    case self.status:
        statusText = string
    case self.username:
        usernameText = string
    default:
        break
    }

    if statusText == "" && usernameText == "" {
        self.topRightButton.enabled = false
    } else {   
        self.topRightButton.enabled = true
    }

    //Return false if you don't want the textfield to be updated
    return true
}

Answer 2

txf_Subject.addTarget(self, action:#selector(didChangeFirstText), for: .editingChanged)

@objc func didChangeText(textField:UITextField) {
    let str = textField.text
    if(str?.contains(" "))!{
        let newstr = str?.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "")
        textField.text = newstr
    }
}

@objc func didChangeFirstText(textField:UITextField) {
    if(textField.text == " "){
        textField.text = ""
    }
}

Answer 3

swift 4

In viewDidLoad():

    //ADD BUTTON TO DISMISS KEYBOARD

    // Init a keyboard toolbar 
    let toolbar = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: view.frame.size.height+44, width: view.frame.size.width, height: 44))
    toolbar.backgroundColor = UIColor.clear

    // Add done button
    let doneButt = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: toolbar.frame.size.width - 60, y: 0, width: 44, height: 44))
    doneButt.setTitle("Done", for: .normal)
    doneButt.setTitleColor(MAIN_COLOR, for: .normal)
    doneButt.titleLabel?.font = UIFont(name: "Titillium-Semibold", size: 13)
    doneButt.addTarget(self, action: #selector(dismissKeyboard), for: .touchUpInside)
    toolbar.addSubview(doneButt)

    USDTextField.inputAccessoryView = toolbar

Add this function:

    @objc func dismissKeyboard() {
      //Causes the view (or one of its embedded text fields) to resign the first responder status.
      view.endEditing(true)
    }

Answer 4

This is how you can add a textField text change listener using Swift 3:

Declare your class as UITextFieldDelegate

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    textField.delegate = self

    textField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(UITextFieldDelegate.textFieldShouldEndEditing(_:)), for: UIControlEvents.editingChanged)
}

Then just traditionally add a textFieldShouldEndEditing function:

func textFieldShouldEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool { // do stuff
        return true 
}

Answer 5

Swift 5.0

textField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.textFieldDidChange(_:)),
                          for: .editingChanged)

and handle method:

@objc func textFieldDidChange(_ textField: UITextField) {

}

Swift 4.0

textField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.textFieldDidChange(_:)),
                          for: UIControlEvents.editingChanged)

and handle method:

@objc func textFieldDidChange(_ textField: UITextField) {

}

Swift 3.0

textField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(textFieldDidChange(textField:)), for: .editingChanged)

and handle method:

func textFieldDidChange(textField: UITextField) { 

}

Answer 6

You can use this delegate method from UITextFieldDelegate. It fires with every character change.

(Objective C) textField:shouldChangeCharactersInRange:replacementString:
(Swift) textField(_:shouldChangeCharactersInRange:replacementString:)

However THIS ONLY FIRES BEFORE a change is made (indeed, a change is only made if you do return true from here).