Trying to find which text field is active ios

Question

I am trying to find which textfield is active for when the I move the view when the keyboard rises. I am trying to set a property in my viewcontroller from the subview of a

Answer 1

I did an extension for this.

public extension UIResponder {

    private struct Static {
        static weak var responder: UIResponder?
    }

    public static func currentFirst() -> UIResponder? {
        Static.responder = nil
        UIApplication.shared.sendAction(#selector(UIResponder._trap), to: nil, from: nil, for: nil)
        return Static.responder
    }

    @objc private func _trap() {
        Static.responder = self
    }
}

Use:

if let activeTextField = UIResponder.currentFirst() as? UITextField {
    // ...
}