How to toggle a UITextField secure text entry (hide password) in Swift?

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SwiftyJD picture SwiftyJD · Jun 17, 2016 · Viewed 69.5k times · Source

I currently have a UITextfield with an eye icon in it that when pressed is supposed to toggle the secure text entry on and off.

secure text entry

I know you can check mark the "secure text entry" box in the attributes inspector but how to do it so it toggles whenever the icon is pressed?

Answer

Iyyappan Ravi picture Iyyappan Ravi · Jun 17, 2016

Use this code,

iconClick is bool variable, or you need other condition check it,

var iconClick = true

eye Action method:

@IBAction func iconAction(sender: AnyObject) {
        if(iconClick == true) {
            passwordTF.secureTextEntry = false
        } else {
            passwordTF.secureTextEntry = true
        }

        iconClick = !iconClick
    }

hope its helpful

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