I'm trying to update a UIStackView
so that a field displays, should the value of a UITextField
equal "Other"
. Here is my code:
@IBOutlet var stackView: UIStackView!
func updateView() {
print("UPDATING")
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.25, animations: { () -> Void in
if(self.myTextField.text! == "Other") {
print("SHOWING")
self.stackView.arrangedSubviews[3].isHidden = false
} else {
print("HIDING")
self.stackView.arrangedSubviews[3].isHidden = true
}
print("Is hidden: \(self.stackView.arrangedSubviews[3].isHidden )")
})
An example output looks like this:
> UPDATING
> HIDING
> Is hidden: true
> UPDATING
> SHOWING
> Is hidden: true
As you can see, the isHidden
attribute is reported as true
, regardless of what the code above has set it to. I can't really figure out why that might be, but perhaps someone on here can? Is there something obvious to check? Is there any reason why isHidden
can't be updated? (note there are no errors appearing in the output).
Updates on the user interface always have to be done on the main thread (THE LAW).
So wrap you UI updates on the main thead:
@IBOutlet var stackView: UIStackView!
func updateView() {
print("UPDATING")
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.25, animations: { () -> Void in
DispatchQueue.main.async { // UI updates on the main thread
if(self.myTextField.text! == "Other") {
print("SHOWING")
self.stackView.arrangedSubviews[3].isHidden = false
} else {
print("HIDING")
self.stackView.arrangedSubviews[3].isHidden = true
}
print("Is hidden: \(self.stackView.arrangedSubviews[3].isHidden )")
}
})