Swift add icon/image in UITextField

authentication, image, ios, swift, uitextfield

Solution

Try adding `emailField.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewMode.Always`

(Default `leftViewMode` is `Never`)

Updated Answer for Swift 4

emailField.leftViewMode = UITextFieldViewMode.always

emailField.leftViewMode = .always

Problem

I would like to add icon/image in UITextField. The icon/image should be left to placeholder. I tried this: ``` var imageView = UIImageView(); var image = UIImage(named: "email.png"); imageView.image = image; emailField.leftView = imageView; ``` Thanks.

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