Detect paste event in UITextField?

Question

How can I detect if the user pasted something into a UITextField?

All answers I'm finding online and on StackOverflow pertain to UITextViews.

This [answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/45960062/5078779) is for UITextField even though the question asks about UITextView. — Daniel, Aug 22 '20 at 22:38

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 22 '20 at 23:05

7

You just need to override UIResponderStandardEditActions paste method on your UITextField delegate:

override func paste(_ sender: Any?) {
    print("do someting")
    super.paste(sender)
}

answered Aug 22 '20 at 23:05

Leo Dabus

how can i get access to the text in the clipboard/paste buffer? – frlzjosh Sep 29 '22 at 21:37
I found out I can get access to that through `UIPasteboard.general.string` – frlzjosh Sep 29 '22 at 21:51
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@frlzjosh make sure to check if the pasteboard `hasString` before trying to access it [How to check if there is something on the clipboard](https://stackoverflow.com/a/48134316/2303865) – Leo Dabus Sep 30 '22 at 00:25

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