ALTextInputBar
  • October 26, 2023

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
}
}

GitHub


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