Next/Done button using Swift with textFieldShouldReturn

Question

I have a MainView that adds a subview (signUpWindow) when a sign up button is pressed.

In my signUpWindow subview (SignUpWindowView.swift), I set up each field with a function, as an example:

func confirmPasswordText()
    {
        confirmPasswordTextField.frame=CGRectMake(50, 210, 410, 50)
        confirmPasswordTextField.placeholder=("Confirm Password")
        confirmPasswordTextField.textColor=textFieldFontColor
        confirmPasswordTextField.secureTextEntry=true
        confirmPasswordTextField.returnKeyType = .Next
        confirmPasswordTextField.clearButtonMode = .WhileEditing
        confirmPasswordTextField.tag=5
        self.addSubview(confirmPasswordTextField)
    }

I have the keyboard moving the signUpWindow up and down when it appears and disappears in the MainView.

SignUpWindowView implements the UITextFieldDelegate

My problem is that I am trying to configure the Next/Done button on the keyboard and am not sure which view (MainView or SignUpWindowView) to add the textFieldShouldReturn function. I have tried both, but can't even get a println to fire to test to see if the function is even being executed. Once I get the textFieldShouldReturn to fire, I am confident I can execute the necessary code to get the Next/Done buttons to do what I want, and will post the final solution to include the Next/Done function.

UPDATED to include an abbreviated version of SignUpWindowView.swift

import UIKit

class SignUpWindowView: UIView,UITextFieldDelegate {

let firstNameTextField:UITextField=UITextField()
let lastNameTextField:UITextField=UITextField()

override func drawRect(rect: CGRect){
    func firstNameText(){
        firstNameTextField.delegate=self
        firstNameTextField.frame=CGRectMake(50, 25, 200, 50)
        firstNameTextField.placeholder="First Name"
        firstNameTextField.returnKeyType = .Next
        self.addSubview(firstNameTextField)
     }

    func lastNameText(){
        lastNameTextField.delegate=self
        lastNameTextField.frame=CGRectMake(260, 25, 200, 50)
        lastNameTextField.placeholder="Last Name"
        lastNameTextField.returnKeyType = .Done
        self.addSubview(lastNameTextField)
     }

    func textFieldShouldReturn(textField: UITextField!) -> Bool{
        println("next button should work")
        if (textField === firstNameTextField)
        {
            firstNameTextField.resignFirstResponder()
            lastNameTextField.becomeFirstResponder()
        }
        return true
     }

    firstNameText()
    lastNameText()
}

Answer 1

You need to implement UITextFieldDelegate in your class and set that object as the delegate for the UITextField. Then implement the method textFieldShouldReturn: like this:

func textFieldShouldReturn(textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
    textField.resignFirstResponder()
    if textField == someTextField { // Switch focus to other text field
        otherTextField.becomeFirstResponder()
    }
    return true
}

In your example you are missing this line:

confirmPasswordTextField.delegate = self

If you have implemented the delegate of course.