Compiled with Xcode 7.1.1 and show the drop down on top of other views

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 MPGTextField
 =========
 
+Modified this project for this question: [Swift MPGTextField autocomplete in tableview cell](http://stackoverflow.com/q/33692207/1378447)
+
 <p align="center"><img src = "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90817764/MPGTextField.png" width=320  height = 568 align="center"></p>
 
 An autocomplete textfield for iOS which provides suggestions as you type. The textfield can be configured to ensure that a selection is compulsorily made from the list of suggestions and gives you control over the size of the popover showing suggestions based on the text entered by the user.

Swift/MPGTextField-Swift/MPGTextField-Swift.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
 		0ACD2D491944D84D005AF774 /* Project object */ = {
 			isa = PBXProject;
 			attributes = {
+				LastSwiftMigration = 0710;
+				LastSwiftUpdateCheck = 0710;
 				LastUpgradeCheck = 0600;
 				ORGANIZATIONNAME = Mappgic;
 				TargetAttributes = {

Swift/MPGTextField-Swift/MPGTextField-Swift/AppDelegate.swift

@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
 
     var window: UIWindow?
 
-
-    func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: NSDictionary?) -> Bool {
+    func applicationDidFinishLaunching(application: UIApplication) {
         // Override point for customization after application launch.
-        return true
     }
 
     func applicationWillResignActive(application: UIApplication) {

Swift/MPGTextField-Swift/MPGTextField-Swift/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="6154.17" systemVersion="13D65" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" initialViewController="vXZ-lx-hvc">
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="9060" systemVersion="14F27" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" initialViewController="vXZ-lx-hvc">
     <dependencies>
-        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="6153.11"/>
+        <deployment identifier="iOS"/>
+        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="9051"/>
     </dependencies>
     <scenes>
         <!--View Controller-->
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
                         <viewControllerLayoutGuide type="bottom" id="2fi-mo-0CV"/>
                     </layoutGuides>
                     <view key="view" contentMode="scaleToFill" id="kh9-bI-dsS">
-                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="480" height="480"/>
+                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="600" height="600"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" flexibleMaxX="YES" flexibleMaxY="YES"/>
                         <subviews>
                             <textField opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" fixedFrame="YES" contentHorizontalAlignment="left" contentVerticalAlignment="center" placeholder="Name" minimumFontSize="17" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="kwb-U6-pNw" customClass="MPGTextField_Swift" customModule="MPGTextField_Swift" customModuleProvider="target">
@@ -36,6 +37,31 @@
                                     <rect key="frame" x="20" y="148" width="280" height="30"/>
                                 </variation>
                             </textField>
+                            <tableView clipsSubviews="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" fixedFrame="YES" alwaysBounceVertical="YES" dataMode="prototypes" style="plain" separatorStyle="default" rowHeight="44" sectionHeaderHeight="28" sectionFooterHeight="28" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="Tgv-Ji-qyO">
+                                <rect key="frame" x="59" y="177" width="298" height="156"/>
+                                <color key="backgroundColor" white="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="calibratedWhite"/>
+                                <prototypes>
+                                    <tableViewCell clipsSubviews="YES" contentMode="scaleToFill" selectionStyle="blue" hidesAccessoryWhenEditing="NO" indentationLevel="1" indentationWidth="0.0" reuseIdentifier="cell" id="9Ui-ri-RD5">
+                                        <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="28" width="298" height="44"/>
+                                        <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
+                                        <tableViewCellContentView key="contentView" opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" multipleTouchEnabled="YES" contentMode="center" tableViewCell="9Ui-ri-RD5" id="mEQ-dM-oNW">
+                                            <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="298" height="43"/>
+                                            <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask"/>
+                                            <subviews>
+                                                <textField opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" tag="420" contentMode="scaleToFill" fixedFrame="YES" contentHorizontalAlignment="left" contentVerticalAlignment="center" borderStyle="roundedRect" textAlignment="natural" minimumFontSize="17" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="JjJ-NB-hXb" customClass="MPGTextField_Swift" customModule="MPGTextField_Swift" customModuleProvider="target">
+                                                    <rect key="frame" x="100" y="7" width="97" height="30"/>
+                                                    <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="system" pointSize="14"/>
+                                                    <textInputTraits key="textInputTraits"/>
+                                                </textField>
+                                            </subviews>
+                                        </tableViewCellContentView>
+                                    </tableViewCell>
+                                </prototypes>
+                                <connections>
+                                    <outlet property="dataSource" destination="vXZ-lx-hvc" id="liE-Hi-OQm"/>
+                                    <outlet property="delegate" destination="vXZ-lx-hvc" id="9Tr-f7-5qz"/>
+                                </connections>
+                            </tableView>
                             <label opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="Swift" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" adjustsFontSizeToFit="NO" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="StC-uo-gDe">
                                 <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="-21" width="42" height="21"/>
                                 <fontDescription key="fontDescription" name="HelveticaNeue-Light" family="Helvetica Neue" pointSize="30"/>
@@ -97,7 +123,6 @@
                             </label>
                         </subviews>
                         <color key="backgroundColor" white="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="calibratedWhite"/>
-                        <simulatedOrientationMetrics key="simulatedOrientationMetrics" orientation="landscapeRight"/>
                         <variation key="default">
                             <mask key="subviews">
                                 <exclude reference="StC-uo-gDe"/>
@@ -123,7 +148,7 @@
                 </viewController>
                 <placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFirstResponder" id="x5A-6p-PRh" sceneMemberID="firstResponder"/>
             </objects>
-            <point key="canvasLocation" x="430.5" y="406.5"/>
+            <point key="canvasLocation" x="430" y="406"/>
         </scene>
     </scenes>
 </document>

Swift/MPGTextField-Swift/MPGTextField-Swift/ViewController.swift

@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ import UIKit
 
 class ViewController: UIViewController, MPGTextFieldDelegate {
 
-    var sampleData = Dictionary<String, AnyObject>[]()
-    @IBOutlet var name : MPGTextField_Swift
+    var sampleData = [Dictionary<String, AnyObject>]()
+    @IBOutlet var name : MPGTextField_Swift?
 
     override func viewDidLoad() {
         super.viewDidLoad()
         // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
         self.generateData()
-        name.mDelegate = self
+        name!.mDelegate = self
     }
 
     override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
@@ -26,24 +26,24 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, MPGTextFieldDelegate {
     }
 
     func generateData(){
-        var err : NSErrorPointer?
-        var dataPath = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("sample_data", ofType: "json")
-        var data = NSData.dataWithContentsOfFile(dataPath, options: NSDataReadingOptions.DataReadingUncached, error: err!)
-        var contents : AnyObject[]! = NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.AllowFragments, error: err!) as AnyObject[]
+        //var err : NSErrorPointer?
+        let dataPath = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("sample_data", ofType: "json")
+        let data = try? NSData(contentsOfFile: dataPath!, options: .DataReadingUncached)
+        var contents : [AnyObject]! = try? NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data!, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.AllowFragments) as! [AnyObject]
         //println(contents[0]["first_name"])
         for var i = 0;i<contents.count;++i{
-            var name = contents[i]["first_name"] as String
-            var lName = contents[i]["last_name"] as String
+            var name = contents[i]["first_name"] as! String
+            let lName = contents[i]["last_name"] as! String
             name += " " + lName
-            var email = contents[i]["email"] as String
-            var dictionary = ["DisplayText":name,"DisplaySubText":email,"CustomObject":contents[i]]
+            let email = contents[i]["email"] as! String
+            let dictionary = ["DisplayText":name,"DisplaySubText":email,"CustomObject":contents[i]]
 
             sampleData.append(dictionary)
             }
 
     }
 
-    func dataForPopoverInTextField(textfield: MPGTextField_Swift) -> Dictionary<String, AnyObject>[]
+    func dataForPopoverInTextField(textfield: MPGTextField_Swift) -> [Dictionary<String, AnyObject>]
     {
         return sampleData
     }
@@ -53,7 +53,22 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController, MPGTextFieldDelegate {
     }
 
     func textFieldDidEndEditing(textField: MPGTextField_Swift, withSelection data: Dictionary<String,AnyObject>){
-        println("Dictionary received = \(data)")
+        print("Dictionary received = \(data)")
+    }
+}
+
+extension ViewController : UITableViewDataSource {
+
+    func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
+        return 10;
+    }
+
+    func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
+        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath: indexPath)
+        let mpgTextField = cell.viewWithTag(420) as! MPGTextField_Swift
+        mpgTextField.mDelegate = self;
+
+        return cell
     }
 }