TextBox issue in iOS

Solar2D iOS
1

In iOS is impossible to retrieve the TextBox text why it always returns nil. Look my code:

myTextBox.text = “some text”

print("text: "…tostring(myTextBox.text))

This print nil, although the “some text” is displayed correctly in the screen.

Is there a know issue about it? I am using the simulator version 2013.1219.

2

Hi @andre50,

I believe that info (.text, etc.) is only returned to you from the associated listener function, as shown in the example at the bottom of this document:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/native/newTextBox.html

Please test that and see if it works.

Best regards,

Brent

3

That is correct, but that example is a little different. The event.text return nil, while the event.target.text works fine. Look:

[lua]
local keyboardEvent = function( event )
   print(event.text, event.target.text)
   return true
end

myTextBox.text = “text”
myTextBox:addEventListener( “userInput”, keyboardEvent )
[/lua]

When the text box receive focus, is printed “nil, text”

4

Hi @andre50,

I believe that info (.text, etc.) is only returned to you from the associated listener function, as shown in the example at the bottom of this document:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/native/newTextBox.html

Please test that and see if it works.

Best regards,

Brent

5

That is correct, but that example is a little different. The event.text return nil, while the event.target.text works fine. Look:

[lua]
local keyboardEvent = function( event )
   print(event.text, event.target.text)
   return true
end

myTextBox.text = “text”
myTextBox:addEventListener( “userInput”, keyboardEvent )
[/lua]

When the text box receive focus, is printed “nil, text”