Is it possible to remove letter upper from keyboard ?
Not if its the standard UIKeyboard. You can roll your own keyboard that does not support uppercase. Alternatively, for an easier solution you can make all text lowercase when entered via a bit of code.
You can create your Custom Keyboard with iOS8 App Extension. Try this tutorial :
http://www.appcoda.com/custom-keyboard-tutorial/
Also check at developer.apple.com :
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Keyboard.html
A custom keyboard replaces the system keyboard for users who want
capabilities such as a novel text input method or the ability to enter
text in a language not otherwise supported in iOS. The essential
function of a custom keyboard is simple: Respond to taps, gestures, or
other input events and provide text, in the form of an unattributed
NSString object, at the text insertion point of the current text input
object.
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I am building a project for iOS8 in swift. The default and dark options for keyboard in xcode do not go with the color theme for my app design.
Is there a simple way for to change the colors in the keybaord?
The short answer is no you can't change the look and feel of the system keyboard. Even if you did many people don't even use the default keyboards.
With iOS 8 apple introduced custom keyboard extension.
A custom keyboard replaces the system keyboard for users who want
capabilities such as a novel text input method or the ability to enter
text in a language not otherwise supported in iOS. The essential
function of a custom keyboard is simple: Respond to taps, gestures, or
other input events and provide text, in the form of an unattributed
NSString object, at the text insertion point of the current text input
object.
And here's some useful tutorials about how to create custom keyboard :
http://www.appdesignvault.com/ios-8-custom-keyboard-extension/
https://www.weheartswift.com/make-custom-keyboard-ios-8-using-swift/
I am currently in the process of building a custom keyboard for IOS devices and wanted to add a custom EMOJI keyboard as well. I have a sheet of custom emoticons already created and do not want the user to have to copy and paste into their message like on the Ikea Emoticon keyboard. Is it possible to have a clone of apples keyboard functionality but with my own emoticons?
If you have something similar like below (emoticon icon)
You can make a slideout UIView with a bunch of your custom emojis using UICollectionView. If the user taps on an emoji it would insert your own Unicode Emoji Text (just example).
You will have to make your own if statements if the text contains emoji unicode to make the emojis appear in your text.
This is how I understand it, I might be wrong, if so, please correct me. :)
I'm trying to disable symbols(+, *, #) on phone pad either programmatically or from storyboard. I have been searching for useful resources online but wasn't successful.
Is there any better way to get this done?
EDIT
I'm using a UITextField for which I have set the keyboard type to Phone pad.
You are using the "Phone Pad" keyboard but you don't want the phone pad symbols. The solution is simple - don't use the "Phone Pad" keyboard. Use the "Number Pad" keyboard instead.
Keep in mind though that users can use external keyboards or they can paste text into the text field. So you can't rely on the keyboard to ensure that only certain characters are entered into the field.
You must also do proper validation by implementing the appropriate UITextFieldDelegate method textField:shouldChangeCharactersInRange:replacementString:.
I have looked at example code that uses the native textField on Android. I would like to be able to type into the text field without having to touch a button to show the text field, and then touch inside the text field to start typing. Is there a way to show the text field and set focus to it, where I can start typing without touching other buttons. I am working on an app and I don't want the users to have to take extra steps to begin typing text. Thanks for any advice.
You can call native.setKeyboardFocus(yourField) to show the keyboard.
http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/native/setKeyboardFocus.html
Does any one know how to Create custom keyboard in iphone? Pls give me any samples for custom keyboard
Hi you need to try following link. They have explained very well and step by step that how to create Custom Keyboard. http://www.appdesignvault.com/ios-8-custom-keyboard-extension/
But while creating Custom Keyboard there are some limitations you must know:
A Custom Keyboard cannot be used to type into certain text input objects. These include the secure text input objects (any object that has its secureText property set to YES) and phone pad objects (any object that has a keyboard type trait of UIKeyboardTypePhonePad or UIKeyboardTypeNamePhonePad). When the user types in any of these text input objects, the system temporarily replaces your custom keyboard with the system keyboard, and on typing in a non-secure or non-phone pad object, your keyboard resumes.
Input dictation isn’t possible for a custom keyboard since, like all extensions in iOS 8, it has no access to the device microphone.
Selecting text is also not possible. Text selection is under the control of the app that is using the keyboard.
Closely related to the above point, editing menu options i.e. Cut, Copy, Paste are inaccessible. If an app provides an editing menu interface, the keyboard has no access to it.
App developers can reject the use of custom keyboards in their app. This can especially be done in apps that are sensitive to security such as banking apps.
You cannot display key artwork above the top edge of a custom keyboard’s primary view the same way Apple does when you tap and hold a key in the top view.
and very Important you must follow the Apple Extensions guide
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/Keyboard.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014214-CH16-SW1
Enjoy. Happy coding.!!!