Question

Having a UITextField in a UITableViewCell

I’m making a fill-out form (First name, Middle Init, Last Name) using table views and want to embed text fields in some of my cells. I see a lot of examples on adding a UITextField inside a UITableViewCell, like the one above. However ALL of them have hard-coded values for the text field’s frame, like this

UITextField *playerTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(110, 10, 185, 30)];

I want my text field to use the cell’s frame or bounds.

To make things more interesting, my table view has four sections, and only section 1, which has 3 rows, will have text fields embedded.

To make things even more interesting, I use a popup controller to present my form.

So how can I embed my text field to fit properly inside my table view cells without using hard-coded values when setting its frame or bounds?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Autoresizing masks are your friend.

cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:@"identifier"];
CGFloat optionalRightMargin = 10.0;
CGFloat optionalBottomMargin = 10.0;
UITextField *playerTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(110, 10, cell.contentView.frame.size.width - 110 - optionalRightMargin, cell.contentView.frame.size.height - 10 - optionalBottomMargin)];
playerTextField.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
[cell.contentView addSubview:playerTextField];