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B68FloatingLabelTextField

Swift implementation of the Float Label Design Pattern by Matt D. Smith as a sub call from UITextField

Implementing an input field for a device with limited screen estate is challenging. Matt has developed an pattern for combining a placeholder text wit a floating label if needed.

Floating Label Animation Example

I implemented the pattern in SWIFT and enabled some of the internal propertiers in Xcode 6 Interface Builder (see screenshot)

Screenshot

####Exposed Properties

  • Active Color: Text color of the floating label if focused
  • Inactive Color: Text Color of the floating label if unfocused

Installation

Manual

Just clone and add B68UIFloatLabelTextField.swift to your project.

Cocoapods

  • Make sure that your Cocoapods version is >= 0.36: pod --version
  • If not, update it: sudo gem install cocoapods
  • pod init in you project root dir
  • nano Podfile, add:
pod 'B68UIFloatLabelTextField', '~> 0.1.0'
use_frameworks! 
  • Save it: ctrl-x, y, enter
  • pod update
  • Open generated .xcworkspace

####Requirements

  • iOS 7.0+ (8.0+ if you use Cocoapods)
  • Xcode 6.3
  • Swift 1.2

####License MIT

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