newTextFields

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I can successfully create new text fields, but I’m not sure how to actually use the input data. Once the user types in something in the text field, how do i use that text? I know I can use the CrawlSpace library to easily save the data, but I don’t know how to get from the input to save. Any help would be appreciated. [import]uid: 11144 topic_id: 12644 reply_id: 312644[/import]

#2

This is what I did:

local function playerNameCallback(event)  
 if ( "submitted" == event.phase ) or ( "ended" == event.phase) then  
 playerName = playerNameField.text  
 native.setKeyboardFocus( nil )  
 saveSettings()  
 end  
end

then later when I’m building my screen…

 playerNameField = native.newTextField( 52, 170, 200, 28, playerNameCallback )  
 playerNameField.text = playerName  
 playerNameField.x = display.contentWidth / 2  
 settingsGroup:insert(playerNameField)

[import]uid: 19626 topic_id: 12644 reply_id: 46260[/import]

#3

thanks. that gives me some ideas to play around with. [import]uid: 11144 topic_id: 12644 reply_id: 46265[/import]