Obscure a UITextField password

Question

I am doing a login page. I have UITextField for password.

Obviously, I do not want the password to be seen; instead, I want circles to show when typing. How do you set the field for this to happen?

Mehul Mistri · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-17T10:00:43.347

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Please set your UItextField property secure..

Try this..

textFieldSecure.secureTextEntry = true

textFieldSecure is your UITextField...

For newer Swift version, it is textFieldSecure.isSecureTextEntry = true

edited Aug 17 '22 at 10:00

answered Jul 05 '11 at 06:46

Mehul Mistri

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It has been changed to isSecureTextEntry in the new swift versions – Aditya Jan 11 '22 at 10:28

score 82 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 11 '21 at 10:45

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One can do this for Obscure a UITextField password:

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CODE

Objective-C:

textField.secureTextEntry = YES;

Swift:

textField.isSecureTextEntry = true

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aturan23

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answered Jul 23 '13 at 08:37

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score 37 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 02 '19 at 21:42

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In Interface Builder check the "Secure Text Entry" checkbox

or

In code set:

Objective-C:

yourTextField.secureTextEntry = YES;

Swift:

yourTextField.secureTextEntry = true

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shim

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answered Jul 05 '11 at 06:50

ipraba

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score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 05 '11 at 06:48

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Set the secureTextEntry property to YES.

answered Jul 05 '11 at 06:48

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score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 05 '11 at 07:14

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Open the Xib file and open the inspector of the password text field and tick the secure property.

answered Jul 05 '11 at 07:14

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score 6 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 06 '17 at 07:32

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For Swift 3.0:

txtpassword.isSecureTextEntry = true

edited Apr 06 '17 at 07:32

Ahmad F

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answered Dec 15 '16 at 10:39

somnath

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Why are you just repeating the previous answers – Dec 15 '16 at 10:58
where u see the ans. – somnath Dec 20 '16 at 04:43

Nandkishor mewara · Answer 7 · 2017-08-29T13:21:09.140

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in Swift 3.0 or later

passwordTextField.isSecureTextEntry = true

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answered Apr 06 '17 at 06:24

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score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 13 '17 at 17:26

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Simply check Secure Text Entry check box on the storyboard

answered Jul 13 '17 at 17:26

Fangming

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Is there a way that I can even hide the character to be displayed at all? I don't want the character to be seen at all. – Maninder Singh Aug 01 '19 at 03:51
@ManinderSingh Sure but that requires some thinking out of the box. The idea I can think of is to use the text field delegate method to intercept all the inputs. After that return false to any intercepted characters and construct your string by yourself. Take a look at this delegate method `textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String)` – Fangming Aug 01 '19 at 14:04

score 2 · Answer 9 · edited Feb 11 '21 at 10:45

txt_Password = new UITextField {
  Frame = new RectangleF (20,40,180,31),
  BorderStyle = UITextBorderStyle.Bezel,
  TextColor = UIColor.Black,
  SecureTextEntry = true,
  Font = UIFont.SystemFontOfSize (17f),
  Placeholder = "Enter Password",
  BackgroundColor = UIColor.White,
  AutocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionType.No,
  KeyboardType = UIKeyboardType.Default,
  ReturnKeyType = UIReturnKeyType.Done,
  ClearButtonMode = UITextFieldViewMode.WhileEditing,
};

secureTextEntry set true.

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