I'd like to place temporary text in the UITextField on my iPhone app. Android has the hint property to display temporary text in the textfield. How do I do the same in iPhone development?
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Adrian Wragg
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Temporary text means place holder? – jamil May 29 '13 at 18:41
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Yes, how do I put placeholder text into a UITexField in C#? – Yahiko Kikikoto May 29 '13 at 18:43
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take a look here http://stackoverflow.com/a/11479680/1328096 – jamil May 29 '13 at 18:46
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if you are thinking of pop-up or flyover a text field, that's not a supported in ios. – Sam B May 29 '13 at 21:17
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UITextFields have a Placeholder property that let you set the hint text:
MyTextField.Placeholder = "Required";
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There are different approaches to used place holder for UITextfield some good way given below
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 160, 29);
UITextField *search= [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
search.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
search.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
search.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:17.0];
search.placeholder = @"Suchen";
search.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
search.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;
search.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
search.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeySearch;
search.clearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
search.delegate = self;
I hope it helps you.Thanks
