How to set Custom keyboard specific to only a UItextfield

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How to set Custom keyboard specific to only a UITextField? When I am changing using this method, all the keyboards in my application are changed to this new custom keyboard. I added:

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self.view 
                                      selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:) 
                                      name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification 
                                      object:nil];

in a UIViewController. But after going to that UIView, keyboards in other UIViewControllers also look like new custom keyboard. How can i limit the custom keyboard to only one UIView? Please help me. Thanks in advance.

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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UITextField* textField;
UIView* customKeyboard;


textField.inputView = customKeyboard;

Similar thread: iPad custom Keyboard GUI

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Apr 01 '11 at 21:07

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 16 '10 at 13:43

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If you subclassed UITextView (as that tutorial shows), then all instances of that subclass will use the toolbar with a dismiss button.

If you don't want the toolbar, then don't use the subclass, just use the original UITextView.

answered Jul 16 '10 at 13:43

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I am not subclassing UItextview. I used only that function keyboardWillShow and addObserver method .Is it because i am using for(UIWindow *keyboardWindow in [[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows]) ? – S.P. Jul 16 '10 at 13:44

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 16 '10 at 13:44

You can try checking for the textfield that you want on the textFieldShouldBeginEditing like so:

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
    if (textField == YOUR_DESIRED_TEXTFIELD) {
        [self openCustomKeyboard];
    }
    return YES;
}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 24 '16 at 23:34

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My problem was once am loading custom keyboard, it remains everywhere in other UIviews of application. So i checked existence of UIToolbar in other UIkeyboard subviews and removed . Now its working fine..

    for(UIView* keyboardToolbar in [keyboard subviews]){
        if([[keyboardToolbar description] hasPrefix:@"<UIToolbar"] == YES)
            {
                [keyboardToolbar removeFromSuperview];      
            }
    }

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answered Jul 19 '10 at 06:12

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instead of using hasPrefix to determine if an instance if of a particular class, use `isMemberOfClass:` or `isKindOfClass:` – Jasarien Jul 19 '10 at 14:51

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