How to get uitextfield to countdown from minute and seconds

Question

My swift code below can take seconds and countdown from what is placed in the textfield.I want the user to be able to enter 5:30 and have that countdown 330 seconds. Right now for the user to do that I would have to write 330 seconds instead of 5:30.

   import UIKit

   class ViewController: UIViewController {

var enterTime = UITextField()
var lblTime = UILabel()
var startBTN = UIButton()
var timer = Timer()
var counter = 0

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.

    [enterTime,lblTime,startBTN].forEach{
        $0.backgroundColor = .systemRed
        view.addSubview($0)
        $0.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
    }

    enterTime.frame = CGRect(x: view.center.x-115, y: view.center.y-200, width: 60, height: 50)
    lblTime.frame = CGRect(x: view.center.x-115, y: view.center.y, width: 60, height: 50)
    startBTN.frame = CGRect(x: view.center.x-115, y: view.center.y+200, width: 60, height: 50)

    startBTN.addTarget(self, action: #selector(startHit), for: .touchDown)

    enterTime.placeholder = String("MM:SS")


}



@objc func startHit() {
    timer.invalidate()
    if let counterText = enterTime.text, let counterValue = Int(counterText) {
        counter = counterValue
        lblTime.text = String(counter)
        timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 1, target: self, selector: #selector(timerAction), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
    }
}

@objc func timerAction() {
    counter -= 1
    lblTime.text = String(counter)
    if ( counter == 0 ) {
        timer.invalidate()
    }
}

}

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '19 at 23:16

1

You can try

let str = "5:30"
let arr = str.components(separatedBy:":")
let fr = Int(arr.first!)!
let la = Int(arr.last!)!
count = fr * 60 + la // 330

To re-format

let lef = count / 60
let rig = count % 60
let res = "\(lef):\(rig)"

answered Dec 22 '19 at 23:16

Shehata Gamal

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Robin · Answer 2 · 2019-12-25T12:05:00.027

You could extract that functionality in a two function like

// Formatting from displayed string to seconds
func convertToSeconds(from timeString: String) -> Int {
    let components = timeString.components(separatedBy: ":")
    if components.count == 2 {
        let minutes = Int(components[0]) ?? 0
        let seconds = Int(components[1]) ?? 0
        return (minutes * 60) + seconds
    } else if components.count == 3 {
        let hours = Int(components[0]) ?? 0
        let minutes = Int(components[1]) ?? 0
        let seconds = Int(components[2]) ?? 0
        return (hours * 60 * 60) + (minutes * 60) + seconds
    } else {
        return 0
    }
}

// Formatting from seconds to displayed string
func convertToTimestring(from seconds: Int) -> String {
    let formatter = DateComponentsFormatter()
    formatter.allowedUnits = [.hour, .minute, .second]
    formatter.unitsStyle = .positional
    let formattedString = formatter.string(from: TimeInterval(seconds))!
    return formattedString
}

And then use it like

let timeSting = "03:30"
let seconds = convertToSeconds(from: timeSting)

Or with hours aswell

let timeSting = "01:03:30"
let seconds = convertToSeconds(from: timeSting)

So your hitStart function could look like this

@objc func startHit() {
    timer.invalidate()
    counter = convertToSeconds(from: enterTime.text)
    timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 1, target: self, selector: #selector(timerAction), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
}

So your timerAction function could look like this

@objc func timerAction() {
    counter -= 1
    lblTime.text = convertToTimestring(from: counter)
    if ( counter == 0 ) {
        timer.invalidate()
    }
}

Can you write the it with my code. I am confused on where to insert timeString into my code. Thanks for you help Robin. — , Dec 23 '19 at 00:05
This is exactly what I want the only thing is I would like the label on the timer to be converted to min and seconds so right now 6:00 counts down from 360. I would like it to count down 6, 5:59,5:58. etc. Thanks — , Dec 23 '19 at 01:50

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