Set UITextField Maximum Length [duplicate]

Answer 1

You have to be aware of the location the text is placed in as well as the length of text being added (in case they're pasting more than one character). The pattern between these with respect to max length is that their sum should never exceed the max length.

- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string {
    NSInteger locationAndStringLengthSum = range.location + [string length];

    if ([textField isEqual:_expirationMonthField]) {
        if (locationAndStringLengthSum > EXP_MONTH_FIELD_MAX_CHAR_LENGTH) {
            return NO;
        }
    }
    else if ([textField isEqual:_expirationYearField]) {
        if (locationAndStringLengthSum > EXP_YEAR_FIELD_MAX_CHAR_LENGTH) {
            return NO;
        }
    }
    else if ([textField isEqual:_securityCodeField]) {
        if (locationAndStringLengthSum > SECURITY_FIELD_MAX_CHAR_LENGTH) {
            return NO;
        }
    }
    else if ([textField isEqual:_zipCodeField]) {
        if (locationAndStringLengthSum > ZIP_CODE_MAX_CHAR_LENGTH) {
            return NO;
        }
    }

    return YES;
}