Swift implementation of the Float Label Design Pattern by Matt D. Smith as a sub call from UITextField

Implementing an input field for a device with limited screen estate is challenging. Matt has developed an pattern for combining a placeholder text wit a floating label if needed.

I implemented the pattern in SWIFT and enabled some of the internal propertiers in Xcode 6 Interface Builder (see screenshot)

####Exposed Properties

• Active Color: Text color of the floating label if focused
• Inactive Color: Text Color of the floating label if unfocused

Just clone and add B68UIFloatLabelTextField.swift to your project.

• Make sure that your CocoaPods version is >= 0.36: pod --version
• If not, update it: sudo gem install cocoapods
• pod init in you project root dir
• nano Podfile, add:

pod 'B68UIFloatLabelTextField', '~> 0.1.0'
use_frameworks! 

• Save it: ctrl-x, y, enter
• pod update
• Open generated .xcworkspace

####Requirements

• iOS 7.0+ (8.0+ if you use CocoaPods)
• Xcode 6.3
• Swift 1.2

####License MIT

Based on the Objectiv-C implementations from:

• jverdi
• ArtSabintsev