How to Create and Customize a TextField in SwiftUI
UITextField, evolved
TextField
, also known as UITextField
, is one of the most commonly-used components in UIKit. Without TextField
, you can’t input your email, password, or information.
Without these, you won’t be able to get information from your customers. With SwiftUI, as you already know, there are a lot of ways to customize it and this is so much easier compared to UIKit.
“A control that displays an editable text interface.” — Apple docs
In this tutorial, you’ll learn what it takes to build a TextField
in SwiftUI. You’ll learn how to build a List
.
Prerequisites
To follow along with this tutorial, you’ll need some basic knowledge:
- A basic familiarity with Swift.
- At least Xcode 11.
Basic Text Field
To build your first text field, simply type out the following code:
TextField("Enter your first name", text: $firstName).textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle())
Remember to create a variable to bind your text field with the following code. Now you can access the output by simply using the variable…