DownPickerSwift

DownPickerSwift is an extremely light-weight class library for creating DropDownList / ComboBox controls for iOS that will behave like their HTML / Android counterparts. You’ll only need a standard UITextField and few lines of code.

This library is inspired by DownPicker

• Features
• How it Works
• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• License

What does it do

It takes any UITextField already present in your code (including those added to a Storyboard):

and turns it into this:

It’s as simple as that. You only need to provide an array of data.

NOTE: If you don’t like the control wrapper approach, you can also use it as a custom control via the included UIDownPicker class: read the following paragraph for more info.

How does it work

DownPicker is basically a control interface wrapper, meaning that you won’t use it as a control - it will use an existing UITextField control instead. This is a good thing, because you’ll be able to design, positioning and skin your UITextField like you always do, programmatically or inside a Storyboard UI, depending on how you are used to work. You won’t change your style, as it will adapt to suit yours.

However, if you don’t like the control wrapper pattern, you can just use it as a custom control using the included UIDownPicker class. It’s entirely up to you (and very easy to install in both scenarios).

Requirements

• iOS 9.0+
• Xcode 10.0+

Installation

Dependency Managers

Manually

If you prefer not to use either of the aforementioned dependency managers, you can integrate DownPickerSwift into your project manually.

Usage

Once you have DownPicker installed and included in your project, you can either use it as a Control Wrapper or as a Custom Control: the choice is up to you, depending on your programming style.

As a Control Wrapper

Add (or choose) a UITextField you would like to transform to a DownPicker. You can use the Storyboard designer tool or do it programmatically; you can also set up constraints, custom placement/coords, font, colors and anything else you like. When you’re done, open your controller and create a property for the DownPicker wrapper:

import DownPicker

let textField = UITextField()
let picker: DownPicker?

Then add these lines to your controller’s viewDidLoad method:

let dummyData = ["R.E.M.", "Dire Straits", "Police", "Sex Pistols", "Pink Floyd"]
picker = DownPicker(with: textField, data: dummyData)

That’s it. You can retrieve the user’s choice at any time using self.datePicker.text or textField.text.

As a Custom Control

If you’d like to use DownPicker as a custom control instead, just instantiate the included UIDownPicker class programmatically and attach it to your view like any other UI control:

import DownPicker

let picker: UIDownPicker?

Then add these lines to your controller’s viewDidLoad method:

let dummyData = ["R.E.M.", "Dire Straits", "Police", "Sex Pistols", "Pink Floyd"]
picker = UIDownPicker(with: dummyData)

Status Change event handling

You can bind your own delegate function to DownPicker’s status change by using the UIControlEventValueChanged Control action in the following way:

picker?.addTarget(self, action: #selector(printTest(selectedValue:)), for: .valueChanged)

@objc private func printTest(selectedValue: DownPicker) {
    print(selectedValue.text)
}

Additional Features

You can also:

• defer data loading using the downPicker.setData(newData: [String]) method.
• disable the right arrow image using the downPicker.showArrowImage = false method.
• use a custom right arrow image using the downPicker.setArrowImage(newImage: UIImage).
• configure (and/or localize) the placeholder text string using the downPicker.setPlaceholder(newString: String) and downPicker.setPlaceholderWhileSelecting(newString: String) methods.
• retrieve, customize and hook on the inner UIPickerView control using the downPicker.getPickerView() method (use at your own risk).
• retrieve, customize and hook on the inner UITextField control using the downPicker.getTextView() method (use at your own risk). Remember that if you used the wrapper, it’s the exact same control you passed so you might prefer to use your main reference instead.
• the cancel button can be removed if the boolean flag property shouldDisplayCancelButton is set to false after DownPicker is instantiated.
• add a title to the toolbar using setToolbarTitle(newTitle: String) for providing more context around what the picker is for.

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome!

Author

This library is inspired by DownPicker
Owned by @HomebaseAI and Maintained by chickdan

License

DownPickerSwift is released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.