How to put a UITextField inside of a UITableViewCell (grouped)? - iphone

Question

How to put a UITextField inside of a UITableViewCell (grouped)? I want a user to be able to edit it.

Answer 1

Add the UITextField as an subview of the UITableViewCell's contentView:
[mycell.contentView addSubview:view];

Answer 2

Apple's own UICatalog demo application has an example of placing UITextFields in Grouped UITableView Cells: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/samplecode/UICatalog/index.html
Check the contents of TextFieldController.m
Plus there's lots of other great code there for working with UIKit Objects.

Answer 3

This is how I've implemented it into my application, however you'll obviously need to change a few things. Hope this helps.
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"Cell";
UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier] autorelease];
}
// Configure the cell.
//adding all the UITextField's to the UITableViewCell is a pain in the ass. Pretty sure this is correct though.
if ([indexPath section] == 0) {
tUser = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(110, 10, 185, 30)];
tUser.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
tUser.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
tPass = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(110, 10, 185, 30)];
tPass.adjustsFontSizeToFitWidth = YES;
tPass.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
if ([indexPath section] == 0) {
if ([indexPath row] == 0) {
tUser.placeholder = #"#JohnAppleseed";
tUser.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress;
tUser.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyNext;
}
if ([indexPath row] == 1) {
tPass.placeholder = #"Required";
tPass.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
tPass.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
tPass.secureTextEntry = YES;
}
}
tUser.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
tUser.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
tUser.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
tUser.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
tPass.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
tPass.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
tPass.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeNone;
tPass.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
tUser.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeNever;
tPass.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeNever;
[tUser setEnabled:YES];
[tPass setEnabled:YES];
//[tUser release];
//[tPass release];
}
if ([indexPath section] == 0) { // Email & Password Section
if ([indexPath row] == 0) { // Email
cell.textLabel.text = #"Username";
[cell addSubview:tUser];
[tUser setText:[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:#"twitter_name_preference"]];
}
else {
cell.textLabel.text = #"Password";
[cell addSubview:tPass];
[tPass setText:[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:#"twitter_pass_preference"]];
}
}
return cell; }
Hope it helps.