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iOS

Posted by Reuben Varzea
Reuben Varzea
23,182 Points

iOS: Hiding the keyboard programmatically in Swift

I would like the keyboard to be removed when a user presses "Return" on the soft keyboard. I've read through the documentation for doing this (both in Objective-C and now in Swift), but I'm apparently missing something.

I've added these lines to my ViewController:

// Added UITextFieldDelegate to the class declaration

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate

// I've connected the textfield

@IBOutlet weak var userText: UITextField!

// Added the following function

func textFieldShouldReturn(userText: UITextField!) -> Bool {
        userText.resignFirstResponder()
        return true;
    }

I'm sure I'm missing something, but I'm just not seeing it. Help?

2 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you need to be sure and set your view controller as the text fields delegate in view did load:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.userText.delegate = self;
 }
Reuben Varzea
Reuben Varzea
23,182 Points

THAT did it. Thanks Stone Preston !!

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

no problem : )

Tal Zion
Tal Zion
6,234 Points
Tal Zion
Tal Zion
6,234 Points

Hi guys, I may bee far ahead but how do we dismiss the keyboard on a UITextView?

Thanks