ALTextInputBar

An auto growing text input bar for messaging apps. Written in Swift.
ALTextInputBar is designed to solve a few issues that folks usually encounter when building messaging apps.

Features

• Simple to use and configure
• Automatic resizing based on content
• Interactive dismiss gesture support

Installation & Requirements

This project requires Xcode 8.0 to run and compiles with swift 3.0

ALTextInputBar is available on CocoaPods. Add the following to your Podfile:

pod 'ALTextInputBar'

Usage

This is the minimum configuration required to attach an input bar to the keyboard.

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    let textInputBar = ALTextInputBar()

    // The magic sauce
    // This is how we attach the input bar to the keyboard
    override var inputAccessoryView: UIView? {
        get {
            return textInputBar
        }
    }

    // Another ingredient in the magic sauce
    override var canBecomeFirstResponder: Bool {
        return true
    }
}

License

ALTextInputBar is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.