How to get left padding on UITextField leftView image?

Question

I am setting up a UIImageView as a leftView on a UITextField like so:

UIImageView *envelopeView = [[UIImageView alloc]         


        

Answer 1

You can use this. Change your frame according to your need.

NSTextAttachment*   placeholderImageTextAttachment = [[NSTextAttachment alloc] init];
placeholderImageTextAttachment.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Search"];
placeholderImageTextAttachment.bounds = CGRectMake(0, -2, 16, 16);
NSMutableAttributedString*  placeholderImageString = [[NSAttributedString attributedStringWithAttachment:placeholderImageTextAttachment] mutableCopy];
 NSMutableAttributedString*  placeholderString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:NSLocalizedString(@"   Search", nil)];
[placeholderImageString appendAttributedString:placeholderString];
 _txtFieldSearch.attributedPlaceholder = placeholderImageString;
_txtFieldSearch.contentVerticalAlignment = UIControlContentVerticalAlignmentCenter;