Adding a UITextField to a screen

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PaddyO Lost but trying Posts: 189 Reg: Sep 11, 2013 Geelong 5,190	confirm \| cancel 04/17/14 12:45 AM (10 years ago) Adding a UITextField to a screen Hi folks, I'm trying to add this UI element to a screen. I'm putting it into the plugin though I'm considering moving it to BT_viewController but pointing to teh plugin screen. Not sure if either way is better. Anyway, the first three lines are throwing "Expected identifier or '(' " errors and I'm not sure why. Does anyone have any ideas? (This isn't my strong suit...) UITextField myTextField = [[[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 100, 300, 30)]; myTextField.keyboardType(UIKeyboardType.Default); myTextField.returnKeyType(UIReturnKeyType.Default); app.getBT_ViewController().getView().addSubview(myTextField); [self.view addSubview:myTextField]; Thanks! Paddy Title Comments Hi folks, I'm trying to add this UI element to a screen. I'm putting it into the plugin though I'm considering moving it to BT_viewController but pointing to teh plugin screen. Not sure if either way is better. Anyway, the first three lines are throwing "Expected identifier or '(' " errors and I'm not sure why. Does anyone have any ideas? (This isn't my strong suit...) UITextField myTextField = [[[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 100, 300, 30)]; myTextField.keyboardType(UIKeyboardType.Default); myTextField.returnKeyType(UIReturnKeyType.Default); app.getBT_ViewController().getView().addSubview(myTextField); [self.view addSubview:myTextField]; Thanks! Paddy

chris1 Code is Art Posts: 3862 Reg: Aug 10, 2012 Austin, TX 50,120	04/17/14 05:51 AM (10 years ago) When you call a method, you shouldn't use parentheses - you should use brackets. When you assign a value, you should use an equal sign. So: myTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault; myTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyTypeDefault; Delete this: app.getBT_ViewController().getView().addSubview(myTextField); Use the autocomplete function of XCode. It's your friend Comments When you call a method, you shouldn't use parentheses - you should use brackets. When you assign a value, you should use an equal sign. So: myTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault; myTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyTypeDefault; Delete this: app.getBT_ViewController().getView().addSubview(myTextField); Use the autocomplete function of XCode. It's your friend

PaddyO Lost but trying Posts: 189 Reg: Sep 11, 2013 Geelong 5,190	04/17/14 05:50 PM (10 years ago) Ah, the penny drops. Thanks Chris, much appreciated. (And it did need to go into the BT_viewController with a conditional for the screens I want it on.) Cheers Paddy Comments Ah, the penny drops. Thanks Chris, much appreciated. (And it did need to go into the BT_viewController with a conditional for the screens I want it on.) Cheers Paddy

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