Make all View contained TextField be visible above keyboard - swift

It is not question about how to keep TextField above keyboard (put it inside ScrollView), I wonder how to keep TextField containing View fully be visible above Keyboard. For example behind TextField some info text, which should be visible while user print the text.
VStack { // This all should be above keyboard
TextField(...)
Text("Some hints about entered text")
}
In screens:
Now I have this (you can see TextField just above keyboard, but we don't see content under TextField)
But I want to get this (With "Some additional info" label, which should also pop above keyboard when TextField become first responder):

I was try you code and all warks fine right now but you can try like this:
VStack(alignment: .leading) {
TextField(...)
Text("Some hints about entered text")
}

I don't know what I want because there's not much information I can get from the question, but is this right? I understand that you want to include a view that can be a hint from the view behind the TextField.
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
#State private var text = ""
var body: some View {
VStack { // This all should be above keyboard
Spacer()
TextField("", text: $text)
.background {
Text("Some hints about entered text")
.foregroundColor(.gray)
}
}
.padding()
}
}
struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
ContentView()
}
}

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SwiftUI Keyboard dismiss not interactive

Thanks for taking your time to help others :)
Problem description:
App must support iOS 14 (there's no keyboard toolbar), and cannot use Introspect library, sorry.
When using a TextField, I want to dismiss it interactively. It does dismiss the keyboard, but does not take TextField along. And it should.
Simple demo code to replicate what happens:
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
#State var text: String = ""
init() {
UIScrollView.appearance().keyboardDismissMode = .interactive // To interactively dismiss
}
var body: some View {
VStack {
ScrollView {
LazyVStack {
ForEach(1...200, id: \.self) { msg in
Text("Message \(msg)")
.padding()
.background(Color.red.cornerRadius(8))
}
}
}
TextField("Hello", text: $text)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding()
}
.navigationTitle("Example")
.navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
}
}
GIF resources to see behaviour:
Good result:
Bad result:
What I have checked?
Registering the keyboard height through Notifications events, like in: this post and adding that height as offset, bottom padding... nothing works.
Any idea?

How come my NavigationLink won't work when clicked?

I am trying to make it so that when I click the icon, the "scoreView()" is opened. When I click it, nothing works right now. Here is the code:
HStack {
Image(systemName: "arrow.counterclockwise")
NavigationLink(destination: scoreView(scoreTracker: $scoreTracker)) {
Spacer()
Image(systemName: "list.bullet")
}
}
Does it have something to do with the fact that I don't have a navigationView? I'm new to this and experimenting so I'm not very clear on it.
EDIT:
I have added a NavigationView, yet the NavigationLink covers half the screen, and when clicked, the view is only changed in that square.
Before clicking the NavigationLink
After clicking the NavigationLink
HStack {
Image(systemName: "arrow.counterclockwise")
NavigationView {
NavigationLink(destination: scoreView(scoreTracker: $scoreTracker)) {
Image(systemName: "list.bullet")
}
}
}
Does it have something to do with the fact that I don't have a navigationView?
Yes. According to the documentation:
Users click or tap a navigation link to present a view inside a NavigationView.
It will only work inside a NavigationView. If you're not using one, consider sheet or fullScreenCover instead. Or, make your own overlay with a ZStack.
Example NavigationView usage:
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView { /// directly inside `var body: some View`
VStack { /// if you have multiple views, make sure to put them in a `VStack` or similar
Text("Some text")
/// `ScoreView` should be capitalized
NavigationLink(destination: ScoreView(scoreTracker: $scoreTracker)) {
Image(systemName: "list.bullet")
}
}
}
}
}

SwiftUI: showing keyboard in a tab view adds a weird space below second tab view

This sounds a bug in SwiftUI's NavigationView and TabView, when I have a TabView with (let's say) 2 tabs, the first tab has a TextField and the second tab has a NavigationView, follow these steps to produce the bug:
show the keyboard by tapping on the text field.
press on the "Return" button to hide the keyboard.
go to tab 2.
notice the weird bottom added space below the view, which approximately equals the height of the keyboard.
-Note1: if you do any of the following the bug won't be reproduced:
once the app launches, open tab 2, return to tab 1 and show the keyboard.
remove NavigationView from tab 2
show the keyboard one more time in tab 1
Note2:
I use GeometryReader in tab 2 to show the whole view area by a yellow color.
working code sample (just copy-paste it to try):
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
TabView {
View1()
.tabItem { Text("View1") }
.tag(1)
View2()
.tabItem { Text("View2") }
.tag(2)
}
}
}
struct View1: View {
#State private var myText = ""
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("this is view 1")
TextField("Enter Value", text: $myText)
}
}
}
struct View2: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
GeometryReader { reader in
Text("this is view 2")
.onAppear{
print("view 2 on appear")
}
}
.background(Color.yellow)
}
}
}
screenshot:
Is there a way to workaround this problem without having to remove the NavigationView, I tried every possible solution but couldn't a find a clue to avoid it ?

SwiftUI TextField takes max width

I have a navigation list with each list item being in this format:
HStack {
TextField("Insert something here.",text: self.$userData.pages[i].title)
.border(Color.blue)
Spacer()
}
This results in the following view:
The touchable area is highlighted by the blue border and it takes the whole width of the row
The problem with this is that despite the list item being a navigation link, the user clicking anywhere along the item will result in them editing the text content. What I would prefer is a TextField that has the same width as a Text:
The blue border wraps the text instead of taking the max width
So if the user clicks outside the TextField, the navigation works, but if they click on the text, it will let them edit the text. (The above view is with Text field).
Apologies if I've asked an unclear or bad question. I'm new to Stack Overflow and SwiftUI.
Edit:
I've tried using the fixedSize modifier, and the TextField correctly wraps my Text, but now the Navigation Link doesn't work (i.e. clicking on it just doesn't navigate). This is my full code:
NavigationLink(destination: PageView(page: self.userData.pages[i])) {
HStack {
Button(action: {}){
TextField(" ", text: self.$userData.pages[i].title)
.fixedSize()
}
.buttonStyle(MyButtonStyle())
.border(Color.blue)
Spacer()
}
}
No need to apologize, your question is clear.
You can do this by using fixedSize()
so your code should be like this
HStack {
TextField("Insert something here.",text: self.$userData.pages[i].title)
.border(Color.blue)
.fixedSize()
Spacer()
}
You can further specify how would you like the stretch to be, either vertical or horizontal or even both by passing parameters like so
.fixedSize(horizontal: true, vertical: false)
UPDATED ANSWER TO MATCH YOUR NEW REQUIREMENTS
import SwiftUI
struct StackOverflow5: View {
#State var text: String = ""
#State var selection: Int? = nil
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
ZStack {
NavigationLink(destination: Page2(), tag: 1, selection:self.$selection) {
Color.clear
.onTapGesture {
self.selection = 1
}
}
TextField("Text", text: self.$text)
.fixedSize()
}
}
}
}
struct StackOverflow5_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
StackOverflow5()
}
}
struct Page2: View {
var body: some View {
Text("Page2")
}
}
We used a ZStack here to separate between our TextField and our NavigationLink so they can be interacted with separately.
Note the use of Color.clear before our TextField and this is on purpose so that our TextField has interaction priority. Also we used Color.clear because it will stretch as a background and it's clear so it's not visible.
Obviously I hard coded 1 here but this can be from List or a ForEach
Additionally, if you don't want to use selection and tag you can do something like this
...
#State var isActive: Bool = false
...
NavigationLink(destination: Page2(), isActive: self.$isActive) {
Color.clear
.onTapGesture {
self.isActive.toggle()
}
}
....

BackButton without text SwiftUI

Actually, this is the question.
I have a screen like this, I would like to change the BackButton.
My View screen:
enter image description here
I want instead of blue backbutton with standart array + text BACK, just to be black array WITHOUT text.
In other words, essentially remove the text from the backbutton and change the color to black. How not to achieve this?
You can use the appropriate modifiers inside the View you wish to be black and without text. You need to specify no button and supply your own image as well as the return functionality.
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
NavigationLink(destination: SecondView()) {
Text("Hello, World!")
}
}
}
}
struct SecondView: View {
#Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentation
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("Hello")
Text("Second view")
}
.navigationBarBackButtonHidden(true)
.navigationBarItems(leading: Button(action: {
self.presentation.wrappedValue.dismiss()
}) {
Image(systemName: "chevron.left")
}
.foregroundColor(.black))
}
}
Edited: Inserted the appropriate image.