One UIPickerView with multiple textfields

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Can I use one UIPickerView with many UITextFields, or should I create many pickerviews, one for each UITextField (I have all the UITextFields in the same view)?

if you got your answer then tick right click given with answer — dks1725, Apr 12 '11 at 11:36

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 02 '13 at 11:37

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-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
    if (textField1.editing == YES)
    {
        textFieldName=textField1;
    }
    else
        if (textField2.editing == YES)
        {
            textFieldName=textField2;
        }
}

edited Feb 02 '13 at 11:37

Peter Mortensen

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answered Aug 31 '12 at 04:55

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 02 '13 at 11:38

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Use the Array list view and then get the position.

edited Feb 02 '13 at 11:38

Peter Mortensen

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answered Aug 31 '12 at 05:13

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 02 '13 at 11:35

Please declare this textFieldName globally:

NSString * textFieldName;

Allocation in didLoad:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [pickerView setHidden:YES];

    textFieldName=[NSString alloc]init];

    pickerArray1 = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"apple", @"mango", @"banana", nil];

    pickerArray2 = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"black", @"white", @"green", nil];
}

Please set text field name in textFieldName string:

-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField{
    [pickerView setHidden:YES];
    if (textField1.editing == YES)
    {
        textFieldName=textField1;
        [pickerView setHidden:NO];
    }
    else
        if (textField2.editing == YES)
        {
            textFieldName=textField2;
            [pickerView setHidden:NO];
        }
    }

Then use this textFieldName to check in the pickerview method:

- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView;
{
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView numberOfRowsInComponent:(NSInteger)component;
{
    if (textFieldName isEqualToString:@"textField1")
    {
        return [pickerArray1 count];
    }
    else
        if (textFieldName isEqualToString:@"textField2")
        {
            return [pickerArray2 count];
        }
    }

- (NSString *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView titleForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component;
{
    if (textFieldName isEqualToString:@"textField1")
    {
        return [pickerArray1 objectAtIndex:row];
    }
    else
        if (textFieldName isEqualToString:@"textField2")
        {
            return [pickerArray2 objectAtIndex:row];
        }
    }

- (void)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView didSelectRow:(NSInteger)row inComponent:(NSInteger)component
{
    if (textFieldName isEqualToString:@"textField1")
    {
        textField1.text= [pickerArray1 addObjectAtIndex:row];
    }
    else
        if (textFieldName isEqualToString:@"textField2")
        {
            textField2.text= [pickerArray2 addObjectAtIndex:row];
        }
        [pickerView setHidden:YES];
    }

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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I think one Picker view with multiple textfields would be enough. You can easily tag the textfields and process them according to your needs.

Multiple sources for UIPickerView on textfield editing

http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-tutorials/12952-tutorial-uipickerview-basics-basic-tip-calculator.html

Will help you get started

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Apr 12 '11 at 11:38

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thanks for your answer. how i can accept your answer , please ? – izan Apr 12 '11 at 11:42
Just click on the tick mark to the left of the answer to turn it to green – visakh7 Apr 12 '11 at 11:43

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