Usage of Picker

The picker is a scrollable view used to select values from a list of items.

Important Attributes

• delegate
• dataSource

Important Methods

- (void)reloadAllComponents

- (void)reloadComponent:(NSInteger)component

- (NSInteger)selectedRowInComponent:(NSInteger)component

- (void)selectRow:(NSInteger)row inComponent:(NSInteger)component animated:(BOOL)animated

Modify ViewController.h

We will add a text field, a picker view, and an array.

We will adopt the protocols UITextFieldDelegate, UIPickerViewDataSource, and UIPickerViewDelegate. The ViewController.h file code is as follows:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface ViewController : UIViewController
&lt;UITextFieldDelegate, UIPickerViewDataSource, UIPickerViewDelegate>
{
    UITextField *myTextField;
    UIPickerView *myPickerView;
    NSArray *pickerArray;
}
@end

Add Custom Method addPickerView

-(void)addPickerView{
    pickerArray = [[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:@"Chess",
    @"Cricket",@"Football",@"Tennis",@"Volleyball", nil];
    myTextField = [[UITextField alloc]initWithFrame:
    CGRectMake(10, 100, 300, 30)];
    myTextField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect;
    myTextField.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
    myTextField.delegate = self;
    [self.view addSubview:myTextField];
    [myTextField setPlaceholder:@"Pick a Sport"];
    myPickerView = [[UIPickerView alloc]init];
    myPickerView.dataSource = self;
    myPickerView.delegate = self;
    myPickerView.showsSelectionIndicator = YES;
    UIBarButtonItem *doneButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] 
    initWithTitle:@"Done" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleDone 
    target:self action:@selector(done:)];
    UIToolbar *toolBar = [[UIToolbar alloc]initWithFrame:
    CGRectMake(0, self.view.frame.size.height-
    myPickerView.frame.size.height-50, 320, 50)];
    [toolBar setBarStyle:UIBarStyleBlackOpaque];
    NSArray *toolbarItems = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: 
    doneButton, nil];
    [toolBar setItems:toolbarItems];
    myTextField.inputView = myPickerView;
    myTextField.inputAccessoryView = toolBar;
}

Implement Delegates as Follows:

#pragma mark - Text field delegates

-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField{
    if ([textField.text isEqualToString:@""]) {
        [self dateChanged:nil];
    }
}
#pragma mark - Picker View Data source
-(NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView{
    return 1;
}
-(NSInteger)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView 
 numberOfRowsInComponent:(NSInteger)component{
    return [pickerArray count];
}

#pragma mark- Picker View Delegate

-(void)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView didSelectRow:
 (NSInteger)row inComponent:(NSInteger)component{
    [myTextField setText:[pickerArray objectAtIndex:row]];
}
- (NSString *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView titleForRow:
  (NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component{
    return [pickerArray objectAtIndex:row];
}

Modify viewDidLoad in ViewController.m as shown below:

(void)viewDidLoad
{
   [super viewDidLoad];
   [self addPickerView];
}

Output

Now when we run the application, we will see the following output:

The text picker view looks like this, and we can select the value we need: