tvOS Secure Text Field , Text is not Vertically Centered

Question

In apple TV application , I wanted to make Password text filed secured so I checked the Secure Text Entry property in the Attributes inspector , but the text vertical alignment of the text became not in the center as in this image text is not vertically centered , I tried setting the contentVerticalalignment = center but still not working , any help please

Answer 1

Maybe there is a better way to fix, but I hacked with textRect(forBounds:) in a UITextField subclass:

    override func placeholderRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect) -> CGRect {
        guard isSecureTextEntry else {
            return super.placeholderRect(forBounds: bounds)
        }

        return super.textRect(forBounds: bounds)
    }

    override func textRect(forBounds bounds: CGRect) -> CGRect {
        guard isSecureTextEntry else {
            return super.textRect(forBounds: bounds)
        }

        return bounds.applying(.init(translationX: 0, y: 10))
    }

You might need to tweak the translation to fit you font and sizes.

Note: This isn't necessary on iOS 14.