In iOS7 UITextField with secureTextEntry ruins layout in other text fields

Question

I am noticing very strange behavior of UITextField in iOS7 (works fine on < iOS7).

Easiest scenario to reproduce this bug:

• two textfields, one must have secureTextEntry set.
• the second (regular) textfield has Editing Did Begin hooked and does self.text = @"something";
• start editing the secure textfield and input a text using capital letters
• start editing the regular textfield

Suddenly the font and its placement will be broken like so (grayed - proper size/positioning):

• if you play long enough and switch between the inputs, everything will randomly go back to normal and then break again.

I created a super-simple project that illustrates this: https://github.com/jkrzemie/UITextFieldBug

Looking for a creative solution as this looks like an iOS7 bug...

Answer 1

... seconds later ...

Easiest solution is to be elegant and execute the self.text = ... logic in -(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField , it works flawlessly.