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iOS

Posted by Simen Anthonsen
Simen Anthonsen
1,097 Points

Add background image to UITextfield

In order to add a background image to an UITextfield, i have to change the standard border style to square. How do you add a background image without having to change the standard border style?

2 Answers

Martin Foldyna
Martin Foldyna
10,359 Points
Martin Foldyna
Martin Foldyna
10,359 Points

Hello, try to make output of this UITextfield. And than (name of the output).background = UIImage(named: "nameOfTheImage.jpg/png…");

Simen Anthonsen
Simen Anthonsen
1,097 Points

That´s how I do it, but it only works if i change the border style to square. The picture does not show up with the standard UITextfield border style.

Linus Liang
Linus Liang
1,460 Points
Linus Liang
Linus Liang
1,460 Points

I found a quick workaround where I add a UITextField with backgroundColor set as UIColor.clearColor() as a subview to a UIImageView. You can make the UIImageView have rounded corners by setting UIImageView.layer.cornerRadius.