TextField

The TextField component provides a text input field with native SwiftUI styling and keyboard handling.

Import

import { SwiftUI } from '@mgcrea/react-native-swiftui';

Usage

const [text, setText] = useState('');

<SwiftUI.TextField
  label="Name"
  placeholder="Enter your name"
  text={text}
  onChange={setText}
/>

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
text	string	-	Current text value
label	string	-	Field label
placeholder	string	-	Placeholder text
keyboardType	"default" | "numberPad" | "emailAddress" | "decimalPad"	"default"	Keyboard type
textContentType	"username" | "password" | "emailAddress"	-	Content type for autofill
returnKeyType	"default" | "done" | "next" | "search"	"default"	Return key type
autocapitalizationType	"none" | "words" | "sentences" | "allCharacters"	-	Auto-capitalization
submitLabel	"continue" | "done" | "go" | "join" | "next" | "return" | "route" | "search" | "send"	-	Submit button label
secure	boolean	false	Hide text input (for passwords)
maxLength	number | null	-	Maximum character length
multiline	boolean	false	Allow multiple lines
disabled	boolean	false	Disable input
style	StyleProp<NativeTextStyle>	-	Style properties
onChange	(value: string) => void	-	Called when text changes
onFocus	() => void	-	Called when field is focused
onBlur	() => void	-	Called when field loses focus

Keyboard Types

<SwiftUI.TextField
  label="Email"
  keyboardType="emailAddress"
  textContentType="emailAddress"
  text={email}
  onChange={setEmail}
/>

<SwiftUI.TextField
  label="Phone"
  keyboardType="numberPad"
  text={phone}
  onChange={setPhone}
/>

Secure Input

For password fields:

<SwiftUI.TextField
  label="Password"
  placeholder="Enter password"
  secure
  textContentType="password"
  text={password}
  onChange={setPassword}
/>

Multiline Input

<SwiftUI.TextField
  label="Bio"
  placeholder="Tell us about yourself"
  multiline
  text={bio}
  onChange={setBio}
  style={{ minHeight: 100 }}
/>

Focus Events

<SwiftUI.TextField
  label="Username"
  text={username}
  onChange={setUsername}
  onFocus={() => setUsernameFocused(true)}
  onBlur={() => {
    setUsernameFocused(false);
    validateUsername();
  }}
/>

Examples

Login Form

const [email, setEmail] = useState('');
const [password, setPassword] = useState('');

<SwiftUI.Form>
  <SwiftUI.Section header="Login">
    <SwiftUI.TextField
      label="Email"
      placeholder="you@example.com"
      keyboardType="emailAddress"
      textContentType="emailAddress"
      autocapitalizationType="none"
      text={email}
      onChange={setEmail}
    />
    <SwiftUI.TextField
      label="Password"
      placeholder="Enter password"
      secure
      textContentType="password"
      text={password}
      onChange={setPassword}
    />
  </SwiftUI.Section>
</SwiftUI.Form>

Character Limit

const [bio, setBio] = useState('');
const maxLength = 280;

<SwiftUI.Section header="Bio">
  <SwiftUI.TextField
    placeholder="Write something about yourself"
    multiline
    maxLength={maxLength}
    text={bio}
    onChange={setBio}
  />
  <SwiftUI.Text
    text={`${bio.length}/${maxLength}`}
    style={{ color: '#666', fontSize: 12 }}
  />
</SwiftUI.Section>

Styled TextField

<SwiftUI.TextField
  label="Custom Styled"
  text={value}
  onChange={setValue}
  style={{
    backgroundColor: '#f0f0f0',
    padding: 12,
    borderRadius: 8,
  }}
/>