I have a simple TextField that binds to the state 'location' like this,
TextField("Search Location", text: $location)
I want to call a function each time this field changes, something like this:
TextField("Search Location", text: $location) {
self.autocomplete(location)
}
However this doesn't work. I know that there are callbacks, onEditingChanged - however this only seems to be triggered when the field is focussed.
How can I get this function to call each time the field is updated?
You can create a binding with a custom closure, like this:
struct ContentView: View {
@State var location: String = ""
var body: some View {
let binding = Binding<String>(get: {
self.location
}, set: {
self.location = $0
// do whatever you want here
})
return VStack {
Text("Current location: \(location)")
TextField("Search Location", text: binding)
}
}
}
Another solution, if you need to work with a ViewModel
, could be:
import SwiftUI
import Combine
class ViewModel: ObservableObject {
@Published var location = "" {
didSet {
print("set")
//do whatever you want
}
}
}
struct ContentView: View {
@ObservedObject var viewModel = ViewModel()
var body: some View {
TextField("Search Location", text: $viewModel.location)
}
}
What I found most useful was that TextField has a property that is called onEditingChanged which is called when editing starts and when editing completes.
TextField("Enter song title", text: self.$userData.songs[self.songIndex].name, onEditingChanged: { (changed) in
if changed {
print("text edit has begun")
} else {
print("committed the change")
saveSongs(self.userData.songs)
}
}).textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
.font(.largeTitle)