I want to know how you allow an action to be made by either pressing the return key on the software keyboard or by tapping a UIButton.
The UI button is already set up to perform an IBAction.
How do I also allow users to press the return key on the keyboard to perform the same action?
Make sure your class extends the UITextFieldDelegate protocol
SomeViewControllerClass : UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate
You can perform action as follows:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.textField.delegate = self
}
func textFieldShouldReturn(textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
//textField code
textField.resignFirstResponder() //if desired
performAction()
return true
}
func performAction() {
//action events
}
UPDATE
If your deployment target is iOS 9.0 or later, you can connect the “Primary Action Triggered” event of your text field to an action, like this:
ORIGINAL
Make your view controller adopt the UITextFieldDelegate
protocol.
Set your text field's delegate to your view controller.
Implement textFieldShouldReturn:
to call your action.
If your deployment target is iOS 9.0 or later, you can connect the “Primary Action Triggered” event of your text field to an action, like this:
I was not able to get the "Primary Action Triggered" to work as suggested. I used "Editing Did End" and that works for now Screenshot of Editing Did End
Swift 4.2 :
Other approach for the textfield created programmatically and doesn't need delegate :
MyTextField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(MyTextFielAction)
, for: UIControl.Event.primaryActionTriggered)
And then perform your action like below :
func MyTextFielAction(textField: UITextField) {
//YOUR CODE can perform same action as your UIButton
}
Here is a complete example, with both:
button-action to write and also to clear label and text when pressing button repeatedly it alternates both actions
return-in-keyboard when pressing key it triggers action and also resigns first responder
class ViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate {
@IBOutlet weak var textField1: UITextField!
@IBOutlet weak var label1: UILabel!
var buttonHasBeenPressed = false
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
textField1.delegate = self
}
@IBAction func buttonGo(_ sender: Any) {
performAction()
}
func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
textField.resignFirstResponder()
performAction()
return true
}
func performAction() {
buttonHasBeenPressed = !buttonHasBeenPressed
if buttonHasBeenPressed == true {
label1.text = textField1.text
} else {
textField1.text = ""
label1.text = ""
}
}
}