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iOS

Posted by Derek Medlin
Derek Medlin
6,151 Points

endEditing: vs resignFirstResponder

I tend to just call 

[self.view endEditing:YES];

instead of 

[textField resignFirstResponder];

Just because it's easy and I can do it anywhere without having to do anything else, is there a down side to this? Is there anything wrong with just calling endEditing: when you want to hide the keyboard? I haven't noticed any problems with this, I just like to do the "right" way of doing things even if there isn't a noticeable side effect. Basically, is there a reason to call resignFirstResponder over endEditing:. If anyone just can shed some light on this it would be very appreciated. Thanks.

2 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

hmm from what ive found on google I cant find anything that suggests this is bad practice. But that doesnt necessarily mean it isnt bad practice. It sure is easier than having to deal with the text field delegate methods, especially when using multiple text fields

Derek Medlin
Derek Medlin
6,151 Points
Derek Medlin
Derek Medlin
6,151 Points

Thanks for the reply! I searched google as well and I never can find anything against it. I'm always paranoid that if I do something in a way that I haven't either learned from here or in a programming book, that it's bad practice so i'm constantly googling stuff haha. Thanks again and I appreciate you being on here answering so many peoples questions!