Creating text fields

You may want to set a nickname in your game. To set nicknames or to get the player's input text, you can use the TextField class. In this recipe, we will learn about a simple TextField sample and how to add a textfield in a game.

How to do it...

You will create a text field by specifying the placeholder text, font name, and font size. Then, you set a callback function by using addEventListener. In the callback function, you can get the text that the player input in the textField. Create the textField by using the following code:

auto textField = ui::TextField::create("Enter your name", "Arial", 30);
textField->setPosition(Vec2(size.width/2, size.height*0.75f));
this->addChild(textField);
textField->addEventListener([](Ref* sender,
ui::TextField::EventType type){
    auto textField = dynamic_cast<ui::TextField*>(sender);
    switch (type) {
        case ui::TextField::EventType::ATTACH_WITH_IME:
                CCLOG("displayed keyboard");
               ...