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How do I check when a UITextField changes?

I am trying to check when a text field changes, equivalent too the function used for textView - textViewDidChange so far I have done this:

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(textField: UITextField) {

        if self.status.text == "" && self.username.text == "" {

            self.topRightButton.enabled = false

        } else {   

            self.topRightButton.enabled = true

        }

    }

Which kind of works, but the topRightButton is enabled as soon as the text field is pressed on, I want it to be enabled only when text is actually typed in?
uitextfield swift ios
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2 Answers

akshay1995
SWIFT

Swift 4.2

textfield.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.textFieldDidChange(_:)), for: .editingChanged)
and

@objc func textFieldDidChange(_ textField: UITextField) {

}
SWIFT 3 & swift 4.1

textField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.textFieldDidChange(_:)), for: .editingChanged)
and

func textFieldDidChange(_ textField: UITextField) {

}
SWIFT 2.2

textField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(ViewController.textFieldDidChange(_:)), forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.EditingChanged)
and

func textFieldDidChange(textField: UITextField) {
//your code
}
OBJECTIVE-C

[textField addTarget:self action:@selector(textFieldDidChange:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventEditingChanged];
and textFieldDidChange method is

-(void)textFieldDidChange :(UITextField *) textField{
//your code
}
pankajshivnani123
The way I've handled it so far: in UITextFieldDelegate

func textField(textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersInRange range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool

{

    // text hasn't changed yet, you have to compute the text AFTER the edit yourself

    let updatedString = (textField.text as NSString?)?.stringByReplacingCharactersInRange(range, withString: string)



    // do whatever you need with this updated string (your code)





    // always return true so that changes propagate

    return true

}


Swift4 version

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {

    let updatedString = (textField.text as NSString?)?.replacingCharacters(in: range, with: string)

    return true

}

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