How to check if a text field is empty or not in sw

Question

I am working on the code below to check the textField1 and textField2 text fields whether there is any input in them or not.

The IF statement is not doing anything when I press the button.

 @IBOutlet var textField1 : UITextField = UITextField()
 @IBOutlet var textField2 : UITextField = UITextField()
 @IBAction func Button(sender : AnyObject) 
  {

    if textField1 == "" || textField2 == "" 
      {

  //then do something

      }  
  }

Answer 1

if let ... where ... {

Swift 3:

if let _text = theTextField.text, _text.isEmpty {
    // _text is not empty here
}

Swift 2:

if let theText = theTextField.text where !theTextField.text!.isEmpty {
    // theText is not empty here
}

guard ... where ... else {

You can also use the keyword guard :

Swift 3:

guard let theText = theTextField.text where theText.isEmpty else {
    // theText is empty
    return // or throw
}

// you can use theText outside the guard scope !
print("user wrote \(theText)")

Swift 2:

guard let theText = theTextField.text where !theTextField.text!.isEmpty else {
    // the text is empty
    return
}

// you can use theText outside the guard scope !
print("user wrote \(theText)")

This is particularly great for validation chains, in forms for instance. You can write a guard let for each validation and return or throw an exception if there's a critical error.

Answer 2

As now in swift 3 / xcode 8 text property is optional you can do it like this:

if ((textField.text ?? "").isEmpty) {
    // is empty
}

or:

if (textField.text?.isEmpty ?? true) {
    // is empty
}

Alternatively you could make an extenstion such as below and use it instead:

extension UITextField {
    var isEmpty: Bool {
        return text?.isEmpty ?? true
    }
}

...

if (textField.isEmpty) {
    // is empty
}

Answer 3

A compact little gem for Swift 2 / Xcode 7

@IBAction func SubmitAgeButton(sender: AnyObject) {

    let newAge = String(inputField.text!)        

if ((textField.text?.isEmpty) != false) {
        label.text = "Enter a number!"
    }
    else {
        label.text = "Oh, you're \(newAge)"

        return
    }

    }

Answer 4

Swift 4/xcode 9

IBAction func button(_ sender: UIButton) {
        if (textField1.text?.isEmpty)! || (textfield2.text?.isEmpty)!{
                ..............
        }
}

Answer 5

Maybe i'm a little too late, but can't we check like this:

   @IBAction func Button(sender: AnyObject) {
       if textField1.text.utf16Count == 0 || textField2.text.utf16Count == 0 {

       }
    }

Answer 6

Simply comparing the textfield object to the empty string "" is not the right way to go about this. You have to compare the textfield's text property, as it is a compatible type and holds the information you are looking for.

@IBAction func Button(sender: AnyObject) {
    if textField1.text == "" || textField2.text == "" {
        // either textfield 1 or 2's text is empty
    }
}

Swift 2.0:

Guard:

guard let text = descriptionLabel.text where !text.isEmpty else {
    return
}
text.characters.count  //do something if it's not empty

if:

if let text = descriptionLabel.text where !text.isEmpty
{
    //do something if it's not empty  
    text.characters.count  
}

Swift 3.0:

Guard:

guard let text = descriptionLabel.text, !text.isEmpty else {
    return
}
text.characters.count  //do something if it's not empty

if:

if let text = descriptionLabel.text, !text.isEmpty
{
    //do something if it's not empty  
    text.characters.count  
}