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ARAutocompleteTextView is a subclass of UITextView that automatically displays text suggestions in real-time. This is perfect for automatically suggesting the domain as a user types an email address, #hashtag or @alexruperez.
https://github.com/alexruperez/ARAutocompleteTextView

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Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/alexruperez/ARAutocompleteTextView
Owner: alexruperez
License: mit
Created: 2013-10-10T14:37:04.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2019-10-26T11:34:55.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-01T08:28:11.328Z (about 2 months ago)
Language: Objective-C
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Size: 207 KB
Stars: 263
Watchers: 14
Forks: 27
Open Issues: 5
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        
# ARAutocompleteTextView

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## Overview

ARAutocompleteTextView is a subclass of UITextView that automatically displays text suggestions in real-time.  This is perfect for automatically suggesting the domain as a user types an email address, #hashtag or @handle.



# Usage

## Installation

### Add the following files to your project:

* `ARAutocompleteTextView.m`

* `ARAutocompleteTextView.h`

* `ARAutocompleteManager.m`

* `ARAutocompleteManager.h`

## Quickstart Guide

Create an `ARAutocompleteTextView` instance exactly as as you would `UITextView`.  You can do eith either programmitcally or in Interface Builder.  Programmatically, this looks like:

##### Objective C

    ARAutocompleteTextView* textField = [[ARAutocompleteTextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,100,31)];

    

##### Swift

    

    let textField = ARAutocompleteTextView(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 100, 31))

    

The data source is the brains of the autocomplete logic.  If you just want to autocomplete email addresses, #hashtags or @handles, use `ARAutocompleteManager` from the example project as follows:

##### Objective-C

    textField.autocompleteDataSource = [ARAutocompleteManager sharedManager];

    textField.autocompleteType = ARAutocompleteTypeEmail;

    

##### Swift

    textField.autocompleteDataSource = ARAutocompleteManager.sharedManager()

    textField.autocompleteType = ARAutocompleteType.Mail

## Customization

### Autocompletion Data Source

`ARAutocompleteManager` (included in the example project) provides email address autocompletion out of the box.  It comes with a list of the top email domains.  You may want to tailor this list of email domains to match your own customers, or you may want to write autocomplete logic for a different type of text view (in the demo, names of colors are autocompleted).

Alternatively, you may wish to create your own data source class and user the `autocompleteType` property to differentiate between textviews with different data types.  A `ARAutocompleteTextView`'s data source must implement the following method, as part of the `ARAutocompleteDataSource` protocol.

    - (NSString *)textField:(ARAutocompleteTextView*)textField completionForPrefix:(NSString *)prefix

You may also set a default `dataSource` for all instances of `ARAutocompleteTextView`.  In the example project, we use a `ARAutocompleteManager` singleton:

     [autocompleteTextOffset setDefaultAutocompleteDataSource:[ARAutocompleteManager sharedManager]];

### Positioning and Formatting

To adjust the position of the autocomplete label by a fixed amount, set `autocompleteTextOffset`:

    textField.autocompleteTextOffset = CGPointMake(10.0, 10.0);

For more dynamic positioning of the autocomplete label, subclass `ARAutocompleteTextView` and override `- (CGRect)autocompleteRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds`.

To adjust the properties (i.e. `font`, `textColor`) of the autocomplete label, do so via the `[AutocompleteTextField autocompleteLabel] property.

    textField.autocompleteLabel.textColor = [UIColor grayColor];

## Event Listening

In addition to observing the standard `UITextView` notifications (i.e. `UITextViewTextDidChangeNotification` and friends), you can use `[ARAutocompleteTextView autoCompleteTextFieldDelegate]` to listen for certain events.  This is particularly useful if you are collecting analytics.

# Etc.

* Use this in your apps whenever you can, particularly email addresses -- your users will appreciate it!

* Contributions are very welcome.

* Attribution is appreciated (let's spread the word!), but not mandatory.

## Use it? Love/hate it?

Tweet the author @alexruperez, and check out alexruperez's blog: http://alexruperez.com

## Other Links

[code4app Review](http://code4app.net/ios/ARAutocompleteTextView/528d8d86cb7e8464178b4e35)

[Cocoa Controls](http://cocoacontrols.com/controls/arautocompletetextview)