Hide password with "•••••••" in a textField
SwiftPasswordsSwift Problem Overview
In my app there is a textField where the user have to put is password in and i want that when he enter a character it change it to '•' how can i do this?
Swift Solutions
Solution 1 - Swift
You can achieve this directly in Xcode:
The very last checkbox, make sure secure is checked .
Or you can do it using code:
Identifies whether the text object should hide the text being entered.
Declaration
optional var secureTextEntry: Bool { get set }
Discussion
This property is set to false by default. Setting this property to true creates a password-style text object, which hides the text being entered.
example:
texfield.secureTextEntry = true
Solution 2 - Swift
in Swift 3.0 or Later
passwordTextField.isSecureTextEntry = true
Solution 3 - Swift
Swift 4 and Xcode Version 9+
Can be set via "Secure Text Entry" via Interface Builder
Solution 4 - Swift
In Xcode 6.3.1, if you use a NSTextField you will not see the checkbox for secure.
Instead of using NSTextField use NSSecureTextField
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nssecuretextfield
I'm guessing this is a Swift/Objective-C change since there is now a class for secure text fields. In the above link it says Available in OS X v10.0 and later. If you know more about when/why/what versions of Swift/Objective-C, Xcode, or OS X this
Solution 5 - Swift
For SwiftUI, try
TextField ("Email", text: $email)
.textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle()).padding()
SecureField ("Password", text: $password)
.textFieldStyle(RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle()).padding()
Solution 6 - Swift
Programmatically (Swift 4 & 5)
self.passwordTextField.isSecureTextEntry = true
Solution 7 - Swift
You can do this by using properties of textfield from Attribute inspector
Tap on Your Textfield from storyboard and go to Attribute inspector , and just check the checkbox of "Secure Text Entry" SS is added for graphical overview to achieve same