How can I restrict special characters in a UITextField
except dot and underscores?
I have tried the code snippet below, but without luck:
#define ACCEPTABLE_CHARECTERS @" ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_."
- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
{
NSCharacterSet *acceptedInput = [NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:ACCEPTABLE_CHARECTERS];
if (![[string componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:acceptedInput] count] > 1){
NSLog(@"not allowed");
return NO;
}
else{
return YES;
}
}
Try code block given below, it worked fine for me.
SWIFT 3.0
let ACCEPTABLE_CHARACTERS = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_"
func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
let cs = NSCharacterSet(charactersIn: ACCEPTABLE_CHARACTERS).inverted
let filtered = string.components(separatedBy: cs).joined(separator: "")
return (string == filtered)
}
Objective C
#define ACCEPTABLE_CHARACTERS @" ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_."
- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string {
NSCharacterSet *cs = [[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:ACCEPTABLE_CHARACTERS] invertedSet];
NSString *filtered = [[string componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:cs] componentsJoinedByString:@""];
return [string isEqualToString:filtered];
}
Hope it will work for you as well.