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Baker2795
Baker2795

Reputation: 247

(xcode) I want to have a long press on a button cause a keyboard to pop up

I need to have the app I am making have a keyboard pop up on a button long press.

I know how to recognize the long press but the problem is having the keyboard pop up and letting the keyboard know which var to edit.

Thanks for any help.

Edit: To be more specific I want the button to be a name so I would have: 

p1s1PlayerName.setTitle(String(player1name), for UIControlState.normal)

and then I would have the long press pop up a keyboard. The keyboard would then need to edit 

var player1name = "TextInputFromKeyboard"

full code that needs to be edited:

var player1name = "John"

func userLongPressed(_ sender: Any) {
    print("user long pressed")
    p1s1PlayerName.becomeFirstResponder()
}

@IBOutlet var p1s1PlayerName: UIButton!

@IBAction func p1s1LongPressPlayerName(_ sender: AnyObject) {
        // This is where I don't know what to put to call to the function and have the keyboard pop up
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 311

Answers (2)

Anbu.Karthik
Anbu.Karthik

Reputation: 82759

initially add long gesture to your button like

 let longPress = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.longPress))
p1s1PlayerName.addGestureRecognizer(longPress)

and call method like

func userLongPressed(_ sender: Any) {
 print("user long pressed")
   yourTextfieldName.becomeFirstResponder()
}

for button single press

p1s1PlayerName.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.userTapped), forControlEvents: .touchUpInside)
p1s1PlayerName.setTitle(String(player1name), for UIControlState.normal)

and action like

func userTapped(_ sender: Any) {
print("user tapped")
 }

Upvotes: 1

CodeBender
CodeBender

Reputation: 36612

When you set up your long press, have the selector called include the following code.

textfieldToEdit.becomeFirstResponder()

If you want there to be some informational text for the user, just assign it to the placeholder.

textfieldToEdit.placeholder = "Enter name here"

Upvotes: 1

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