add button to uitextfield

Question

When I click inside text box, How can I add plus button to UITextField as shown in the following screen? When this button is clicked it would launch iPhone contact application. I would very much appreciate any code example. Thanks

Answer 1

You can use the below code for this:

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
  if(textField == yourFirstTextField)
  {
      UIButton *addButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
      [addButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"addImage.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
      [addButton addTarget:self action:@selector(yourActionHere) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
      textField.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
      textField.rightView = addButton;
  }
}

You can use the above method if you added the field in IB.

If you are created it through code, you need to add the below code when creating:

UIButton *addButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[addButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"addImage.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[addButton addTarget:self action:@selector(yourActionHere) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
textField.rightViewMode = UITextFieldViewModeWhileEditing;
textField.rightView = addButton;