Is it possible to detect the current keyboard input method on the iPhone?

Question

I want to know the current input method the user is typing in such as En (english), German, Chinese, etc... Maybe keyboard type is what I am after, but documentation seems limited on this subject from Apple doc.

Thank you!

Managing the iPhone Keyboard http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/StringsTextFonts/Conceptual/TextAndWebiPhoneOS/KeyboardManagement/KeyboardManagement.html

Answer 1

In iOS4.2 there is a new class UITextInputMode that is exactly what you want. (Oops, this is still under NDA. If you have no iOS dev center account please don't read this answer ;) )

You can query current mode (English, French, Japanese, etc) or get notifications when it changes (the keyboard language changes)

UITextInputMode documentation (requires log in)

Answer 2

currentInputMode is deprecated since iOS7, be careful.

currentInputMode

Returns an instance representing the current text-input mode. (Deprecated in iOS 7.0.)