Set UITextField Maximum Length [duplicate]

Answer 1

A better function which handles backspaces correctly and limits the characters to the supplied length limit is the following:

#define MAXLENGTH 8

    - (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
    {
        int length = [textField.text length] ;
        if (length >= MAXLENGTH && ![string isEqualToString:@""]) {
            textField.text = [textField.text substringToIndex:MAXLENGTH];
            return NO;
        }
        return YES;
    }

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