Hide Virtual Keyboard of UITextView when 'Done' Presses - ios

Question

I want to hide (resignFirstResponder) the virtual keyboard of UITextView when 'Done' presses. Theres no 'Did End on Exit' in UITextView. In UITextField i connect the 'Did End on Exit' with an IBAction and call resignFirstResponder method. How can i do this with UITextView?

Answer 1

The correct way to handle this is to add a done button in an inputAccessoryView to the UITextView. The inputAccessoryView is the bar that sometimes appears above the keyboard.
In order to implement the inputAccessoryView simply add this method (or a variation thereof) and call it in viewDidLoad.
- (void)addInputAccessoryViewForTextView:(UITextView *)textView{
//Create the toolbar for the inputAccessoryView
UIToolbar* toolbar = [[UIToolbar alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 50)];
[toolbar sizeToFit];
toolbar.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackTranslucent;
//Add the done button and set its target:action: to call the method returnTextView:
toolbar.items = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace target:nil action:nil],
[[UIBarButtonItem alloc]initWithTitle:#"Done" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleDone target:self action:#selector(returnTextView:)],
nil];
//Set the inputAccessoryView
[textView setInputAccessoryView:toolbar];
}
Then handel the button being pressed by implementing the action method you called with resignFirstResponder.
- (void) returnBreakdown:(UIButton *)sender{
[self.textView resignFirstResponder];
}
This should result in a working "Done" button appearing in a standard toolbar above the keyboard.

Answer 2

I'm assuming by the "Done" button you mean the return key. It's not as intuitive as you might think. This question covers it pretty well.

Answer 3

you could add this to an action if you want to be able to use your return key
[[self view] endEditing: YES];

Answer 4

Make sure you declare support for the UITextViewDelegate protocol.
#interface ...ViewController : UIViewController` in .h file. In .m file, implement below method
-(BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text
{
if([text isEqualToString:#"\n"]) {
[textView resignFirstResponder];
return NO;
}
return YES; }

Answer 5

Here is the Swift version of the accessory "Done" button:
#IBOutlet weak var textView: UITextView!
// In viewDidLoad()
let toolbar = UIToolbar()
toolbar.bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 50)
toolbar.sizeToFit()
toolbar.barStyle = UIBarStyle.Default
toolbar.items = [
UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: UIBarButtonSystemItem.FlexibleSpace, target: nil, action: nil),
UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: UIBarButtonSystemItem.Done, target: nil, action: "handleDone:")
]
self.textView.inputAccessoryView = toolbar
// -----------------
func handleDone(sender:UIButton) {
self.textView.resignFirstResponder()
}