In this short Swift code example, you will learn how to create UITextField in Swift programmatically.
The code example below will cover the following:
- Create UITextField of specific height and width,
- Position UITextField at the center of the view,
- Set UITextField backgroundColor,
- Set UITextField textColor,
- Set UITextField UITextBorderStyle,
- Add UITextField as a subview,
- Set UITextField placeholder text,
- Set UITextField sample text.
// Create UITextField let myTextField: UITextField = UITextField(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 300.00, height: 30.00)); // Or you can position UITextField in the center of the view myTextField.center = self.view.center // Set UITextField placeholder text myTextField.placeholder = "Place holder text" // Set text to UItextField myTextField.text = "UITextField example" // Set UITextField border style myTextField.borderStyle = UITextField.BorderStyle.line // Set UITextField background colour myTextField.backgroundColor = UIColor.white // Set UITextField text color myTextField.textColor = UIColor.blue // Add UITextField as a subview self.view.addSubview(myTextField)
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