How do I scroll the UIScrollView when the keyboard appears?

Question

The recommended way from Apple is to change the contentInset of the UIScrollView. It is a very elegant solution, because you do not have to mess with the contentSize. Following code is copied from the Keyboard Programming Guide, where the handling of this issue is explained. You should have a look into it.

// Call this method somewhere in your view controller setup code.
- (void)registerForKeyboardNotifications
{
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
            selector:@selector(keyboardWasShown:)
            name:UIKeyboardDidShowNotification object:nil];
   [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
             selector:@selector(keyboardWillBeHidden:)
             name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];
}

// Called when the UIKeyboardDidShowNotification is sent.
- (void)keyboardWasShown:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
    NSDictionary* info = [aNotification userInfo];
    CGSize kbSize = [[info objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
    UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 0.0, kbSize.height, 0.0);
    scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets;
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets;

    // If active text field is hidden by keyboard, scroll it so it's visible
    // Your application might not need or want this behavior.
    CGRect aRect = self.view.frame;
    aRect.size.height -= kbSize.height;
    if (!CGRectContainsPoint(aRect, activeField.frame.origin) ) {
        CGPoint scrollPoint = CGPointMake(0.0, activeField.frame.origin.y-kbSize.height);
        [scrollView setContentOffset:scrollPoint animated:YES];
    }
}

// Called when the UIKeyboardWillHideNotification is sent    
- (void)keyboardWillBeHidden:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
    UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
    scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets;
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets;
}

Swift version:

func registerForKeyboardNotifications() {
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(onKeyboardAppear(_:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardDidShow, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(onKeyboardDisappear(_:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardDidHide, object: nil)
}

// Don't forget to unregister when done
deinit {
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardDidShow, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardDidHide, object: nil)
}

@objc func onKeyboardAppear(_ notification: NSNotification) {
    let info = notification.userInfo!
    let rect: CGRect = info[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as! CGRect
    let kbSize = rect.size

    let insets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, kbSize.height, 0)
    scrollView.contentInset = insets
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = insets

    // If active text field is hidden by keyboard, scroll it so it's visible
    // Your application might not need or want this behavior.
    var aRect = self.view.frame;
    aRect.size.height -= kbSize.height;

    let activeField: UITextField? = [addressTextView, servicePathTextView, usernameTextView, passwordTextView].first { $0.isFirstResponder }
    if let activeField = activeField {
        if !aRect.contains(activeField.frame.origin) {
            let scrollPoint = CGPoint(x: 0, y: activeField.frame.origin.y-kbSize.height)
            scrollView.setContentOffset(scrollPoint, animated: true)
        }
    }
}

@objc func onKeyboardDisappear(_ notification: NSNotification) {
    scrollView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsets.zero
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = UIEdgeInsets.zero
}

I just implemented this with Swift 2.0 for iOS9 on Xcode 7 (beta 6), works fine here.

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    registerKeyboardNotifications()
}

func registerKeyboardNotifications() {
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "keyboardWillShow:", name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "keyboardWillHide:", name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

deinit {
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self)
}

func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    let userInfo: NSDictionary = notification.userInfo!
    let keyboardSize = userInfo.objectForKey(UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey)!.CGRectValue.size
    let contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, keyboardSize.height, 0)
    scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets

    var viewRect = view.frame
    viewRect.size.height -= keyboardSize.height
    if CGRectContainsPoint(viewRect, textField.frame.origin) {
        let scrollPoint = CGPointMake(0, textField.frame.origin.y - keyboardSize.height)
        scrollView.setContentOffset(scrollPoint, animated: true)
    }
}

func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    scrollView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsZero
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero
}

Edited for Swift 3

Seems like you only need to set the contentInset and scrollIndicatorInset with Swift 3, the scrolling/contentOffset is done automatically..

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    registerKeyboardNotifications()
}

func registerKeyboardNotifications() {
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
                                         selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow(notification:)),
                                         name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow,
                                         object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
                                         selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide(notification:)),
                                         name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide,
                                         object: nil)
}

deinit {
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    let userInfo: NSDictionary = notification.userInfo! as NSDictionary
    let keyboardInfo = userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as! NSValue
    let keyboardSize = keyboardInfo.cgRectValue.size
    let contentInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardSize.height, right: 0)
    scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets
}

func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    scrollView.contentInset = .zero
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = .zero
}

Swift 5 Solution:

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    registerKeyboardNotifications()
}

func registerKeyboardNotifications() {
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
                                         selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow(notification:)),
                                         name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification,
                                         object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
                                         selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide(notification:)),
                                         name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification,
                                         object: nil)
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

@objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    let userInfo: NSDictionary = notification.userInfo! as NSDictionary
    let keyboardInfo = userInfo[UIResponder.keyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as! NSValue
    let keyboardSize = keyboardInfo.cgRectValue.size
    let contentInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardSize.height, right: 0)
    scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets
}

@objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    scrollView.contentInset = .zero
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = .zero
}

All the answers here seem to forget about landscape possibilities. If you would like this to work when the device is rotated to a landscape view, then you will face problems.

The trick here is that although the view is aware of the orientation, the keyboard is not. This means in Landscape, the keyboards width is actually its height and visa versa.

To modify Apples recommended way of changing the content insets and get it support landscape orientation, I would recommend using the following:

// Call this method somewhere in your view controller setup code.
- (void)registerForKeyboardNotifications
{
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
            selector:@selector(keyboardWasShown:)
            name:UIKeyboardDidShowNotification object:nil];
   [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
             selector:@selector(keyboardWillBeHidden:)
             name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];
}

// Called when the UIKeyboardDidShowNotification is sent.
- (void)keyboardWasShown:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
    UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];
    CGSize keyboardSize = [[[notif userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
    if (orientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft || orientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight ) {
        CGSize origKeySize = keyboardSize;
        keyboardSize.height = origKeySize.width;
        keyboardSize.width = origKeySize.height;
    }
    UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, keyboardSize.height, 0);
    scroller.contentInset = contentInsets;
    scroller.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets;

    // If active text field is hidden by keyboard, scroll it so it's visible
    // Your application might not need or want this behavior.
    CGRect rect = scroller.frame;
    rect.size.height -= keyboardSize.height;
    NSLog(@"Rect Size Height: %f", rect.size.height);

    if (!CGRectContainsPoint(rect, activeField.frame.origin)) {
        CGPoint point = CGPointMake(0, activeField.frame.origin.y - keyboardSize.height);
        NSLog(@"Point Height: %f", point.y);
        [scroller setContentOffset:point animated:YES];
    }
}

// Called when the UIKeyboardWillHideNotification is sent    
- (void)keyboardWillBeHidden:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
    UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
    scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets;
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets;
}

---

The part to pay attention to here is the following:

UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];
CGSize keyboardSize = [[[notif userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
if (orientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeLeft || orientation == UIDeviceOrientationLandscapeRight ) {
    CGSize origKeySize = keyboardSize;
    keyboardSize.height = origKeySize.width;
    keyboardSize.width = origKeySize.height;
}

What is does, is detects what orientation the device is in. If it is landscape, it will 'swap' the width and height values of the keyboardSize variable to ensure that the correct values are being used in each orientation.

For this stuff no need to lot's of coding it's very easy like below code:-

your all textfiled in UIScrollview from nib like this image:-

YourViewController.h

@interface cntrInquiryViewController : UIViewController<UIScrollViewDelegate,UITextFieldDelegate>
{
     IBOutlet UITextField *txtName;
     IBOutlet UITextField *txtEmail;
     IBOutlet UIScrollView *srcScrollView;
}
@end

connect IBOutlet from nib and also Connect each delegate of UItextfiled and scrollview delegate from NIB

-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    srcScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(320, 500);

    [super viewWillAppear:YES];
}


-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(FMTextField *)textField
{
    [srcScrollView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0,textField.center.y-140) animated:YES];//you can set your  y cordinate as your req also
}

-(BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
{
     [textField resignFirstResponder];
     [srcScrollView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0,0) animated:YES];


    return YES;
}

NOTE if Text-filed delegate not connected then no one method working please insure that all iBOulate and delegate connected correctly

Apple's recommendation recoded in Swift + Using UIScrollView with Auto Layout in iOS (basing on these following links: link 1, link 2, link 3):

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate {

    @IBOutlet var t1: UITextField!
    @IBOutlet var t2: UITextField!
    @IBOutlet var t3: UITextField!
    @IBOutlet var t4: UITextField!

    @IBOutlet var srcScrollView: UIScrollView!

    @IBOutlet var contentView: UIView!

    var contentViewCoordinates: CGPoint!

    override func viewDidLoad() {

        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

        /* Constraints on content view */
        let leftConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item:self.contentView,
            attribute:NSLayoutAttribute.Leading,
            relatedBy:NSLayoutRelation.Equal,
            toItem:self.view,
            attribute:NSLayoutAttribute.Left,
            multiplier:1.0,
            constant:0)
        self.view.addConstraint(leftConstraint)

        let rightConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item:self.contentView,
            attribute:NSLayoutAttribute.Trailing,
            relatedBy:NSLayoutRelation.Equal,
            toItem:self.view,
            attribute:NSLayoutAttribute.Right,
            multiplier:1.0,
            constant:0)
        self.view.addConstraint(rightConstraint)

        /* Tap gesture */
        let tapGesture: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "hideKeyboard")
        // prevents the scroll view from swallowing up the touch event of child buttons
        tapGesture.cancelsTouchesInView = false
        srcScrollView.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

        /* Save content view coordinates */
        contentViewCoordinates = contentView.frame.origin
    }

    func hideKeyboard() {
        t1.resignFirstResponder()
        t2.resignFirstResponder()
        t3.resignFirstResponder()
        t4.resignFirstResponder()
    }

    var activeField: UITextField?

    func textFieldDidBeginEditing(textField: UITextField) {
        activeField = textField
    }

    func textFieldDidEndEditing(textField: UITextField) {
        activeField = nil
    }

    override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillAppear(animated)
        let center = NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter()
        center.addObserver(self, selector: "keyboardOnScreen:", name: UIKeyboardDidShowNotification, object: nil)
        center.addObserver(self, selector: "keyboardOffScreen:", name: UIKeyboardDidHideNotification, object: nil)
    }

    func keyboardOnScreen(notification: NSNotification){
        // Retrieve the size and top margin (inset is the fancy word used by Apple) 
        // of the keyboard displayed.
        let info: NSDictionary  = notification.userInfo!
        let kbSize = info.valueForKey(UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey)?.CGRectValue().size
        let contentInsets: UIEdgeInsets  = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 0.0, kbSize!.height, 0.0)

        srcScrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
        srcScrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets

        var aRect: CGRect = self.view.frame
        aRect.size.height -= kbSize!.height
        //you may not need to scroll, see if the active field is already visible
        if (CGRectContainsPoint(aRect, activeField!.frame.origin) == false) {
            let scrollPoint:CGPoint = CGPointMake(0.0, activeField!.frame.origin.y - kbSize!.height)
            srcScrollView.setContentOffset(scrollPoint, animated: true)
        }
    }

//    func keyboardOnScreen(aNotification: NSNotification) {
//        let info: NSDictionary  = aNotification.userInfo!
//        let kbSize = info.valueForKey(UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey)?.CGRectValue().size
//        
//        var bkgndRect: CGRect! = activeField?.superview?.frame
//        
//        bkgndRect.size.height += kbSize!.height
//        
//        activeField?.superview?.frame = bkgndRect
//        
//        srcScrollView.setContentOffset(CGPointMake(0.0, activeField!.frame.origin.y - kbSize!.height), animated: true)
//    }

    func keyboardOffScreen(notification: NSNotification){
        let contentInsets:UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero

        srcScrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
        srcScrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets

        self.srcScrollView.setContentOffset(CGPointMake(0, -self.view.frame.origin.y/2), animated: true)
    }

}

Swift 4.2 solution that takes possible heights of UIToolbar and UITabBar into account.

private func setupKeyboardNotifications() {
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow(_:)), name: UIControl.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide(_:)), name: UIControl.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

@objc func keyboardWillShow(_ notification: Notification) {
    let userInfo: NSDictionary = notification.userInfo! as NSDictionary
    let keyboardSize = (userInfo[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue.size

    let tabbarHeight = tabBarController?.tabBar.frame.size.height ?? 0
    let toolbarHeight = navigationController?.toolbar.frame.size.height ?? 0
    let bottomInset = keyboardSize.height - tabbarHeight - toolbarHeight

    scrollView.contentInset.bottom = bottomInset
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets.bottom = bottomInset
}

@objc func keyboardWillHide(_ notification: Notification) {
    scrollView.contentInset = .zero
    scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = .zero
}

And, if you're targeting < iOS 9, you have to unregister the observer at some point (thanks Joe)