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Move view when a specific textfield is selected swift

I am created a meme generator app to better learn Swift and Xcode. I am learning to move the view when the user interacts with a text field that would be obstructed by the keyboard. I have this functionality working, with one exception. The desired functionality is to have the view slide up when the user is entering text for the bottom textfield, bot the top. The view slides up regardless of the text field the user is interacting with.

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How can I assign this functionality only to the bottom text field? Here is my source code:

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate, UITextFieldDelegate {

    @IBOutlet weak var imagePickerView: UIImageView!
    @IBOutlet weak var cameraButton: UIBarButtonItem!
    @IBOutlet weak var topText: UITextField!
    @IBOutlet weak var bottomText: UITextField!

    let memeTextAttributes:[String:Any] = [
        NSAttributedStringKey.strokeColor.rawValue: UIColor.black,
        NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor.rawValue: UIColor.white,
        NSAttributedStringKey.font.rawValue: UIFont(name: "HelveticaNeue-CondensedBlack", size: 30)!,
        NSAttributedStringKey.strokeWidth.rawValue: -5.0]

    override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(animated)
        subscribeToKeyboardNotifications()
    }

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Diable camer a button if camera ource isn't available
        cameraButton.isEnabled = UIImagePickerController.isSourceTypeAvailable(.camera)
        topText.delegate = self
        bottomText.delegate = self
        topText.textAlignment = .center
        bottomText.textAlignment = .center
        topText.defaultTextAttributes = memeTextAttributes
        bottomText.defaultTextAttributes = memeTextAttributes
    }

    override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
        unsubscribeFromKeyboardNotifications()
    }

    // MARK: Delegate Methods

    func imagePickerController(_ picker: UIImagePickerController, didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo info: [String : Any]) {
        if let image = info[UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage] as? UIImage {
            imagePickerView.image = image
            self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
        }
    }

    func imagePickerControllerDidCancel(_ picker: UIImagePickerController) {
        self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

    func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
        textField.text = ""
    }

    func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        self.topText.resignFirstResponder()
        self.bottomText.resignFirstResponder()
        return true
    }

    // MARK: Move the keyboard up when the bottom textfield is tapped

    @objc func keyboardWillShow(_ notification:Notification) {
        view.frame.origin.y = 0 - getKeyboardHeight(notification)
    }

    func getKeyboardHeight(_ notification:Notification) -> CGFloat {
        let userInfo = notification.userInfo
        let keyboardSize = userInfo![UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as! NSValue // of CGRect
        return keyboardSize.cgRectValue.height
    }

    func subscribeToKeyboardNotifications() {
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow(_:)), name: .UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide(_:)), name: .UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
    }

    func unsubscribeFromKeyboardNotifications() {
        NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: .UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
        NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: .UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
    }

    // MARK: Move view down when keyboard is dismissed

    @objc func keyboardWillHide(_ notification: Notification) {
        view.frame.origin.y = 0
    }

    // MARK: IBActions

    @IBAction func pickAnImageFromAlbum(_ sender: Any) {
        let pickerController = UIImagePickerController()
        pickerController.delegate = self
        pickerController.sourceType = .photoLibrary
        present(pickerController, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

    @IBAction func pickAnImageFromCamera(_ sender: Any) {
        let imagePicker = UIImagePickerController()
        imagePicker.delegate = self
        imagePicker.sourceType = .camera
        present(imagePicker, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }
}
Solution

  • You can simply try this

      //make a global textField to keep reference
var currentTappedTextField : UITextField?
//use this method to get tapped textField
func textFieldShouldBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
   currentTappedTextField = textField
    return true
}
// now move view only when textfield is bottom
@objc func keyboardWillShow(_ notification:Notification) {
    if(currentTappedTextField == bottomText){
   view.frame.origin.y = 0 - getKeyboardHeight(notification)
    }
}