An auto growing text input bar for messaging apps. Written in Swift.
ALTextInputBar is designed to solve a few issues that folks usually encounter when building messaging apps.
- Simple to use and configure
- Automatic resizing based on content
- Interactive dismiss gesture support
This project requires Xcode 8.0 to run and compiles with swift 3.0
ALTextInputBar is available on CocoaPods. Add the following to your Podfile:
pod 'ALTextInputBar'
This is the minimum configuration required to attach an input bar to the keyboard.
class ViewController: UIViewController {
let textInputBar = ALTextInputBar()
// The magic sauce
// This is how we attach the input bar to the keyboard
override var inputAccessoryView: UIView? {
get {
return textInputBar
}
}
// Another ingredient in the magic sauce
override var canBecomeFirstResponder: Bool {
return true
}
}
ALTextInputBar is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.