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Raymond
Raymond

Reputation: 1258

Auto resize custom text field for multiple lines label

I've a custom text field in which I'm adding an error label below text field. I want to resize this custom text field so that it expands with multiple line error label and doesn't overlap with other fields below it. In IB I've pinned view properly so that is not an issue.

How to fix it?

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class LoginViewController: UIViewController {
    @IBOutlet weak var emailTextField: CustomTextField!
    @IBOutlet weak var passwordTextField: CustomTextField!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        emailTextField.setError("Multiple line error. Multiple line error. Multiple line error. Multiple line error.")
    }
}

class CustomTextField: UITextField {

    var bottomBorder = UIView()
    var errorLabel = UILabel()

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
    }

    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()
        self.initialize()

        // Setup Bottom-Border
        // ....

        errorLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        self.addSubview(errorLabel)
        errorLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.bottomBorder.bottomAnchor, constant: 4).isActive = true
        errorLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
        errorLabel.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
        errorLabel.numberOfLines = 0
        errorLabel.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
        errorLabel.sizeToFit()
    }

    func initialize() {
        self.text = ""
        self.clearError()

        // ...
    }
    func setError(error: String) {
        self.errorLabel.text = error
        self.errorLabel.isHidden = false
        self.setNeedsLayout()
        self.layoutIfNeeded()
    }

    func clearError() {
        self.errorLabel.text = ""
        self.errorLabel.isHidden = true
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 294

Answers (1)

Shehata Gamal
Shehata Gamal

Reputation: 100503

UITextField is only 1 line you need to use UITextView or better do

class CustomView: UIView {
   let textfield = UITextField() 
   let bottomBorder = UIView()
   let errorLabel = UILabel()
   .....
}

So the view will expand according to sum of textfield height , border height and label text height

Upvotes: 2

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