How I can add multiple textField in a single Loop? - iphone

Question

I wants add multiple UITextFields in a single loop. And identify them when user interact with UITextFields . So please help me.
Thanks
Currently I place UITextField Individually, like this
txt_FirstName=[[UITextField alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(framex1, framey1, framex2, framey2)];
txt_FirstName.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
txt_FirstName.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15];
txt_FirstName.placeholder = #"First Name";
txt_FirstName.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
txt_FirstName.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
txt_FirstName.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
txt_FirstName.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
txt_FirstName.contentVerticalAlignment = UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentCenter;
txt_FirstName.delegate = self;
[frameView addSubview:txt_FirstName];
[txt_FirstName release];
framey1=framey1+50;
txt_MiddleName=[[UITextField alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(framex1, framey1, framex2, framey2)];
txt_MiddleName.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
txt_MiddleName.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15];
txt_MiddleName.placeholder = #"Middle Name";
txt_MiddleName.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
txt_MiddleName.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
txt_MiddleName.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
txt_MiddleName.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
txt_MiddleName.contentVerticalAlignment = UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentCenter;
txt_MiddleName.delegate = self;
[frameView addSubview:txt_MiddleName];
[txt_MiddleName release];

Answer 1

Please use this, but Implement UITextField delegate in your .h file. but You should have to change your place holder according to your requirement like 1 for FirstName, 2 for MiddleName etc.
First create common function like this,
-(void)setTextfieldStyle:(UITextField *)pTmpTextField
{
pTmpTextField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
pTmpTextField.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15];
pTmpTextField.placeholder = #"First Name";
pTmpTextField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
pTmpTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
pTmpTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
pTmpTextField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
pTmpTextField.contentVerticalAlignment = UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentCenter;
pTmpTextField.delegate = self;
}
and use this for creating UITextFiled,
int y = 0;
for(int i=0;i < 5;i++)
{
UITextField *txtTemp=[[UITextField alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, y, 300, 31)];
txtTemp.tag = i;
[self setTextfieldStyle:txtTemp];
[self.view addSubview:txtTemp];
[txtTemp release];
y+=36;
}
This is UITextField's delegate method,
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
NSLog(#"%#",textField.text);
}
Hope this works for you..

Answer 2

If you want to set attributes of a bunch of text fields in a loop, you could also do something like:
NSMutableArray* allTextFields = [NSMutableArray array];
// create the textFields here, I'm assuming you need to keep individual
// references to them.
txt_FirstName=[[UITextField alloc]init];
pTmpTextField.placeholder = #"First Name";
[allTextFields addObject:txt_FirstName];
// now add the common style stuff and frame
[allTextFields enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(UITextField* textField, NSUInteger idx, BOOL* stop) {
textField.frame = CGRectMake(framex1, framey1 + ( 50 * idx), framex2, framey2);
textField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
textField.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15];
textField.placeholder = #"First Name";
textField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
textField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
textField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
textField.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
textField.contentVerticalAlignment = UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentCenter;
textField.delegate = self;
}];