How do I show the keyboard by default in UITextView?
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Solution 1
to accomplish that just send the becomeFirstResponder message to your UITextField, as follows (assuming you have an outlet called textField, pointing to the field in question):
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
[textField becomeFirstResponder];
}
Solution 2
In Swift
To automatically show the keyboard, to the following:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// show keyboard
textView.becomeFirstResponder()
}
Notes
- This assumes that the text view is editable.
- Works for both
UITextView
andUITextField
- To hide the keyboard use
textView.resignFirstResponder()
Solution 3
Following worked fine for me using Swift
override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
super.viewDidAppear(animated)
// Show keyboard by default
billField.becomeFirstResponder()
}
Key is to use the viewDidAppear function.
Comments
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bpapa about 4 years
I want to create a view that consists solely of a
UITextView
. When the view is first shown, by default, I'd like the keyboard to be visible and ready for text entry. This way, the user does not have to touch theUITextView
first in order to begin editing.Is this possible? I see the class has a notification called
UITextViewTextDidBeginEditingNotification
but I'm not sure how to send that, or if that is even the right approach.