Forks

Originally forked from https://github.com/AlexLittlejohn/ALTextInputBar. This repo didn't support Swift 4.2 / Xcode 10. It was forked to https://github.com/bclymer/ALTextInputBar and PR'd into the main repo. The main repo never accepted it, so now moving it into the Hudl org.

ALTextInputBar

An auto growing text input bar for messaging apps. Written in Swift.
ALTextInputBar is designed to solve a few issues that folks usually encounter when building messaging apps.

Features

• Simple to use and configure
• Automatic resizing based on content
• Interactive dismiss gesture support

Installation & Requirements

This project requires Xcode 8.0 to run and compiles with swift 3.0

ALTextInputBar is available on CocoaPods. Add the following to your Podfile:

pod 'ALTextInputBar'

Usage

This is the minimum configuration required to attach an input bar to the keyboard.

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    let textInputBar = ALTextInputBar()

    // The magic sauce
    // This is how we attach the input bar to the keyboard
    override var inputAccessoryView: UIView? {
        get {
            return textInputBar
        }
    }

    // Another ingredient in the magic sauce
    override var canBecomeFirstResponder: Bool {
        return true
    }
}

License

ALTextInputBar is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.