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Cant add image as NSTextAttachment to UITextField

I'm trying to add an image as NSTextAttachment to UITextField, but all I get is ,

Code within custom UITextField:

let myAttachment = NSTextAttachment()
myAttachment.image = myImage
myAttachment.bounds = CGRect(origin: .zero, size: myImage.size)

let myImageString = NSAttributedString(attachment: myAttachment)
let updatedText = NSMutableAttributedString()
updatedText.append(myImageString)

let myTextString = NSAttributedString(string: ", " + (self.text ?? ""))

updatedText.append(myTextString)

self.attributedText = updatedText
Solution

  • UITextField will not allow NSTextAttachment but UILabel allows the NSTextAttachment.

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    For Example: 

    let attachment = NSTextAttachment()
let imageTest = UIImage(named:"user.png")
attachment.image = imageTest
let myString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: "My text ")
let myStringWithImage = NSMutableAttributedString(attributedString: NSAttributedString(attachment: attachment))
myStringWithImage.append(myString)
myTextField.attributedText = myStringWithImage
myLabel.attributedText = myStringWithImage

    No answers in this apple thread. As of my thought we can enter emojis in text field but not text attachment. In text field we are giving flexibility to user for entering text.

    You can use the leftView of UITextField to display image.