I am building keyboard app, and I am wondering if there is a possibility to open my custom keyboard when user pressing on textField within my app. Keyboard is built using storyboard.
I know that I can force textField to open number Pad, Phone pad and other Apple's keyboard options but can I open my own keyboard without going to settings and adding my 3rd party keyboard.
Thanks in advance.
No, it's not possible, You have to add keyboard once from settings and then automatically your keyboard will pop up.
if you really want your own keyboard without adding settings then you need to develop your own custom inputView.
Additional notes I have just go through better approach which might be helpful for you check here and about your second question to detect keyboard please visit here
Note: Apple will not allow you to forcefully active your own keyboard at anycast because of its policy violation.
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I would like when entering my app to automatically switch to my custom keyboard like the Facemoji app.
Is this possible to force user to open only custom keyboard without going into setting option. I want whenever user opens the app. only custom keyboard should open, not other. In my app there is preview function, show as extended keyboard otherwise it will show default keyboard i will fail.
thanks!
UITextField have property inputView
You can set any view you want inside yours application.
So you can use use the same view used for your's custom keyboard
From an iOS custom keyboard extension, I'd like a shortcut button to the main ABC system keyboard. NOT just to advance to the next keyboard. Is this possible? If so, how?
Note: This is not a 'how do I do it' question, it's a theoretical question whether it's possible. Currently, iOS necessitates an 'advance to next keyboard' button for all custom keyboard extensions. As far as I can tell, there doesn't seem to be a way to access/shortcut to just the main system keyboard. handleInputModeList(from:with:)
I have two keyboard,1 is Default keyboard and 1more is thirdparty keyboard. i want to ask that . how to change keyboard when i click on some textview.?
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Not possible programmatically. only user can switch between keyboard by using “next keyboard key"
When more than one keyboard is enabled, the system keyboard includes a
Globe key that lets the user switch keyboards. Your custom keyboard
may require a similar “next keyboard” key.
Custom keyboard
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I am making app with default spanish language. In email form I want show english keyboard. Is it possible to do it?
Unfortunately, you cannot control the language of the keyboard. The user chooses which keyboards they would like available via the settings application and can toggle between them using the globe icon on the keyboard. When the keyboard is opened it will open to the most recently used keyboard.check this like http://iphone.appstorm.net/how-to/change-your-keyboard-or-display-language-in-ios/
You can make a customize keyboard. take a UIView add UIButton and add what you want to all in this view.
I'm trying to design a custom keyboard for iOS 8. Here are my development steps:
1. Created new project (Single view)
2. Created a new target: File > New > Target, and in the iOS template group chose the Custom Keyboard template.
Then I tried to enable the keyboard based on the documentation steps, which are:
1. Run the app
2. In iOS Simulator, press home button (Command+Shift+H)
3. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards.
4. Tap Add New Keyboard.
5. In the Purchased Keyboards group, tap the name of your new keyboard. A modal view appears with a switch to enable your keyboard.
6. Tap the switch to enable your keyboard. A warning alert appears.
7. In the warning alert, tap Add Keyboard to finish enabling your new keyboard. Then tap Done.
My problem is in step 5. The modal view does not show a switch to activate the keyboard, it shows an empty view like bellow:
I clicked on Done button and it shows my Custom keyboard in activated list:
But when I want to use this keyboard, for example in spotlight, it won't show my keyboard
Clicking the done button will activate the keyboard. There are some definite bugs in those menus.
To change keyboards, you can also try just tapping on the button to change keyboard, rather than holding it like you were in the last screenshot.
Also, it looks like you have the language for that keyboard set as persian, and my guess would be that it is not appearing because your system language is not persian (or the text field you are typing in doesn't support persian).
I wouldn't be surprised if there are other bugs in the simulator that would affect this. I'm glad to hear you were able to get it working.
After you click done, it should install the keyboard, even if you don't see the list in the settings table.
About the keyboard not showing up - you need to kill the app before running a new keyboard. it's a known issue on the simulator.
good luck!