Phone number formatting on iOS

Question

I have a text field where the user enters data. It's a phone number field. If the user enters 1234567890, I want it displayed as (123)-(456)-7890 as the user types. How is this possible?

Answer 1

In SWIFT 3

func formattedPhone(phone: String) -> String?  {
    let notPhoneNumbers = CharacterSet.decimalDigits.inverted
    let str = phone.components(separatedBy: notPhoneNumbers).joined(separator: "")

    let startIdx = str.startIndex
    let endIdx = str.endIndex

    let count = str.characters.count
    if count == 7 {
        return "\(str[startIdx..<startIdx.advance(3, for: str)])-\(str[startIdx.advance(3, for: str)..<endIdx])"
    }else if count == 10{
        return "+1 (\(str[startIdx..<startIdx.advance(3, for: str)])) \(str[startIdx.advance(3, for: str)..<startIdx.advance(6, for: str)])-\(str[startIdx.advance(6, for: str)..<endIdx])"
    }
    else if count > 10{
        let extra = str.characters.count - 10
        return "+\(str[startIdx..<startIdx.advance(extra, for: str)]) (\(str[endIdx.advance(-10, for: str)..<endIdx.advance(-7, for: str)])) \(str[endIdx.advance(-7, for: str)..<endIdx.advance(-4, for: str)])-\(str[endIdx.advance(-4, for: str)..<endIdx])"
    }
    return nil
}

Swift 3 string.index.advancedBy(3) alternate:

extension String.Index{
func advance(_ offset:Int, `for` string:String)->String.Index{
    return string.index(self, offsetBy: offset)
}
}

Answer 2

First, add UITextFieldDelegate to your .h file and Delegate your UITextField in the nib file.

Second, add this code to your .m file :

    - (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
        {
            NSString *filter = @"(###)-(###)-####";

            if(!filter) return YES;

            NSString *changedString = [textField.text stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:range withString:string];

            if(range.length == 1 && 
               string.length < range.length &&
               [[textField.text substringWithRange:range] rangeOfCharacterFromSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"0123456789"]].location == NSNotFound)
            {

                NSInteger location = changedString.length-1;
                if(location > 0)
                {
                    for(; location > 0; location--)
                    {
                        if(isdigit([changedString characterAtIndex:location]))
                        {
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    changedString = [changedString substringToIndex:location];
                }
            }

            textField.text = [self filteredPhoneStringFromStringWithFilter:changedString :filter];

            return NO;

        }

    -(NSString*) filteredPhoneStringFromStringWithFilter:(NSString*)number : (NSString*)filter{
        NSUInteger onOriginal = 0, onFilter = 0, onOutput = 0;
        char outputString[([filter length])];
        BOOL done = NO;

    while(onFilter < [filter length] && !done)
    {
        char filterChar = [filter characterAtIndex:onFilter];
        char originalChar = onOriginal >= number.length ? '\0' : [number characterAtIndex:onOriginal];
        switch (filterChar) {
            case '#':
                if(originalChar=='\0')
                {
                    // We have no more input numbers for the filter.  We're done.
                    done = YES;
                    break;
                }
                if(isdigit(originalChar))
                {
                    outputString[onOutput] = originalChar;
                    onOriginal++;
                    onFilter++;
                    onOutput++;
                }
                else
                {
                    onOriginal++;
                }
                break;
            default:
                // Any other character will automatically be inserted for the user as they type (spaces, - etc..) or deleted as they delete if there are more numbers to come.
                outputString[onOutput] = filterChar;
                onOutput++;
                onFilter++;
                if(originalChar == filterChar)
                    onOriginal++;
                break;
        }
    }
    outputString[onOutput] = '\0'; // Cap the output string
    return [NSString stringWithUTF8String:outputString];
}

Answer 3

NSString *str=@"[+]+91[0-9]{10}";
NSPredicate *no=[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"SELF MATCHES %@",str];
if([no evaluateWithObject:txtMobileno.text]==NO
{ 
    UIAlertView *alert=[[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Warning" message:@"Please Enter correct contact no." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"ok" otherButtonTitles:nil];

    [alert show];
    [alert release];    
}

Answer 4

Swift Formatted Phone Number

Improves oppon @datinc's answer, input such as 1123df#$@$gdfg45-+678dfg901 will be output as [phone]

func formattedPhone(phone: String) -> String?  {
    let notPhoneNumbers = NSCharacterSet.decimalDigitCharacterSet().invertedSet
    let str = phone.componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(notPhoneNumbers).joinWithSeparator("")

    let startIdx = str.startIndex
    let endIdx = str.endIndex

    let count = str.characters.count
    if count == 7 {
        return "\(str[startIdx..<startIdx.advancedBy(3)])-\(str[startIdx.advancedBy(3)..<endIdx])"
    }else if count == 10{
        return "(\(str[startIdx..<startIdx.advancedBy(3)]))\(str[startIdx.advancedBy(3)..<startIdx.advancedBy(6)])-\(str[startIdx.advancedBy(6)..<endIdx])"
    }
    else if count > 10{
        let extra = str.characters.count - 10
        return "+\(str[startIdx..<startIdx.advancedBy(extra)])(\(str[endIdx.advancedBy(-10)..<endIdx.advancedBy(-7)]))\(str[endIdx.advancedBy(-7)..<endIdx.advancedBy(-4)])-\(str[endIdx.advancedBy(-4)..<endIdx])"
    }
    return nil
}

Answer 5

This will help you

Format (xxx) xxx-xxxx

- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
{
    int length = (int)[self getLength:textField.text];
    //NSLog(@"Length  =  %d ",length);

    if(length == 10)
    {
        if(range.length == 0)
            return NO;
    }

    if(length == 3)
    {
        NSString *num = [self formatNumber:textField.text];
        textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"(%@) ",num];

        if(range.length > 0)
            textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[num substringToIndex:3]];
    }
    else if(length == 6)
    {
        NSString *num = [self formatNumber:textField.text];
        //NSLog(@"%@",[num  substringToIndex:3]);
        //NSLog(@"%@",[num substringFromIndex:3]);
        textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"(%@) %@-",[num  substringToIndex:3],[num substringFromIndex:3]];

        if(range.length > 0)
            textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"(%@) %@",[num substringToIndex:3],[num substringFromIndex:3]];
    }

    return YES;
}

- (NSString *)formatNumber:(NSString *)mobileNumber
{
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"(" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@")" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"-" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"+" withString:@""];

    NSLog(@"%@", mobileNumber);

    int length = (int)[mobileNumber length];
    if(length > 10)
    {
        mobileNumber = [mobileNumber substringFromIndex: length-10];
        NSLog(@"%@", mobileNumber);

    }

    return mobileNumber;
}

- (int)getLength:(NSString *)mobileNumber
{
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"(" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@")" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"-" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"+" withString:@""];

    int length = (int)[mobileNumber length];

    return length;
}

Answer 6

Relevant for U.S. Phone Numbers:

Adding to @wan's post, I added a conditional statement if the user starts with the country code (1). That way, it will format to be: 1 (XXX) XXX-XXXX instead of (1XX) XXX-XXXX.

    - (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string{
    textField = self.phoneNumberTextField;

    NSInteger length = [self getLength:textField.text];
    //NSLog(@"Length  =  %d ",length);

    if ([textField.text hasPrefix:@"1"]) {
        if(length == 11)
        {
            if(range.length == 0)
                return NO;
        }
        if(length == 4)
        {
            NSString *num = [self formatNumber:textField.text];
            textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ (%@) ",[num substringToIndex:1],[num substringFromIndex:1]];
            if(range.length > 0)
                textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[num substringToIndex:4]];
        }
        else if(length == 7)
        {
            NSString *num = [self formatNumber:textField.text];
            NSRange numRange = NSMakeRange(1, 3);
            textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ (%@) %@-",[num substringToIndex:1] ,[num substringWithRange:numRange],[num substringFromIndex:4]];
            if(range.length > 0)
                textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"(%@) %@",[num substringToIndex:3],[num substringFromIndex:3]];
        }

    } else {
        if(length == 10)
        {
            if(range.length == 0)
                return NO;
        }

        if(length == 3)
        {
            NSString *num = [self formatNumber:textField.text];
            textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"(%@) ",num];
            if(range.length > 0)
                textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[num substringToIndex:3]];
        }
        else if(length == 6)
        {
            NSString *num = [self formatNumber:textField.text];

            textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"(%@) %@-",[num  substringToIndex:3],[num substringFromIndex:3]];
            if(range.length > 0)
                textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"(%@) %@",[num substringToIndex:3],[num substringFromIndex:3]];
        }
    }
    return YES;
}

-(NSString*)formatNumber:(NSString*)mobileNumber
{
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"(" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@")" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"-" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"+" withString:@""];

    NSLog(@"%@", mobileNumber);

    NSInteger length = [mobileNumber length];
    if(length > 10)
    {
        mobileNumber = [mobileNumber substringFromIndex: length-10];
        NSLog(@"%@", mobileNumber);

    }


    return mobileNumber;
}
-(NSInteger)getLength:(NSString*)mobileNumber
{

    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"(" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@")" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"-" withString:@""];
    mobileNumber = [mobileNumber stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"+" withString:@""];

    NSInteger length = [mobileNumber length];

    return length;        
}