Formatting a UITextField for credit card input like (xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx)

Question

I want to format a UITextField for entering a credit card number into such that it only allows digits to be entered and automatically inserts spaces so that the

Answer 1

These answers are all just way too much code for me. Here's a solution in Swift 2.2.1

extension UITextField {

    func setText(to newText: String, preservingCursor: Bool) {
        if preservingCursor {
            let cursorPosition = offsetFromPosition(beginningOfDocument, toPosition: selectedTextRange!.start) + newText.characters.count - (text?.characters.count ?? 0)
            text = newText
            if let newPosition = positionFromPosition(beginningOfDocument, offset: cursorPosition) {
                selectedTextRange = textRangeFromPosition(newPosition, toPosition: newPosition)
            }
        }
        else {
            text = newText
        }
    }
}

Now just put an IBAction in your view controller:

@IBAction func textFieldEditingChanged(sender: UITextField) {
    var digits = current.componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet.decimalDigitCharacterSet().invertedSet).joinWithSeparator("") // remove non-digits
    // add spaces as necessary or otherwise format your digits.
    // for example for a phone number or zip code or whatever
    // then just:
    sender.setText(to: digits, preservingCursor: true)
}