A few questions about TextFields

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hey guys!

I just got a few questions about TextFields…

wage = native.newTextField( HW, HH+HH/2, 150, 30 ) -- First Text Field wage.inputType = "number" wage.align = "center" wage.placeholder = "Hourly Wage" phoneNumber = native.newTextField( HW, (HH+HH/2)+45, 150, 30 ) -- Second Text Field phoneNumber.inputType = "number" phoneNumber.align = "center" phoneNumber.placeholder = "Boss Phone #"

Here are my questions:

  1. How do I FORCE input so that the input cannot be blank when performing a function? (for ex: adding phoneNumber and wage)

  2. How do I save the value of wage and phoneNumber so that next time I load the app, the textfield is already filled in?

Thanks guys!

#2

This is an amazing bug on Android that does not occur on iOS or Mac. It should not be overlooked any further because it can be duplicated quite easily.

I just installed daily build 2830 and it is still occurring. I cannot set the ‘default text’ of a field on Android. This is not to be confused with ‘placeholder’.

Well, I can set it, but it doesn’t retain the value. When I check the field.text immediately after setting it, it returns blank.

In my case, I get the field input of an email address on one screen and then go to another screen where the gamer can type a nickname and their names, too. On that screen, I need to populate the email address with the user’s previous input.

fieldObject.text = anything simply doesn’t work on Android. And this is assuming that fieldObject = native.newTextField…

Rob? Corona Team? Can you please fix this quickly? My App is about 30 days from release.

#3

This problem is resolved in daily build 2830.

#4

This is an amazing bug on Android that does not occur on iOS or Mac. It should not be overlooked any further because it can be duplicated quite easily.

I just installed daily build 2830 and it is still occurring. I cannot set the ‘default text’ of a field on Android. This is not to be confused with ‘placeholder’.

Well, I can set it, but it doesn’t retain the value. When I check the field.text immediately after setting it, it returns blank.

In my case, I get the field input of an email address on one screen and then go to another screen where the gamer can type a nickname and their names, too. On that screen, I need to populate the email address with the user’s previous input.

fieldObject.text = anything simply doesn’t work on Android. And this is assuming that fieldObject = native.newTextField…

Rob? Corona Team? Can you please fix this quickly? My App is about 30 days from release.

#5

This problem is resolved in daily build 2830.