Hide Virtual Keyboard of UITextView when 'Done' Presses

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.