In my app, when I click on a text field, the keyboard hides it. Please help me -- how can I move my view up when I click on the text field. I'm using this code in textFieldDidBeginEditing:
self.tableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 216, 0);
self.tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 216, 0);
but it doesn't work.
You can do the following, but first make sure you've set the UITextField delegate to your self and
#define kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD 350;
at the top. This is how far you want the view to be shifted
//method to move the view up/down whenever the keyboard is shown/dismissed
-(void)setViewMovedUp:(BOOL)movedUp
{
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.3]; // if you want to slide up the view
[UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
CGRect rect = self.view.frame;
if (movedUp)
{
// 1. move the view's origin up so that the text field that will be hidden come above the keyboard
// 2. increase the size of the view so that the area behind the keyboard is covered up.
if (rect.origin.y == 0 ) {
rect.origin.y -= kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD;
//rect.size.height += kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD;
}
}
else
{
if (stayup == NO) {
rect.origin.y += kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD;
//rect.size.height -= kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD;
}
}
self.view.frame = rect;
[UIView commitAnimations];
}
- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)notif {
[self setViewMovedUp:NO];
}
- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)notif{
[self setViewMovedUp:YES];
}
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
stayup = YES;
[self setViewMovedUp:YES];
}
- (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
stayup = NO;
[self setViewMovedUp:NO];
}
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:)
name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:self.view.window];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillHide:)
name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:self.view.window];
}
- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
// unregister for keyboard notifications while not visible.
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];
}
You should not trust textFieldDidBeginEditing:
to adjust for the keyboard, since this method will be called even if the user is typing using a physical keyboard where an onscreen keyboard will not be displayed.
Instead listen to the UIKeyboardWillShowNotification
, that is only triggered when the keyboard will actually be displayed. You need to do a three step process:
- Determine actual size of keyboard from the notifications
userInfo
dictionary. The size will differ from landscape/portrait, and different devices.
- Update the
contentInset
using the determined size. You can do it animated, the notification will even tell you the duration for the keyboard animation.
- Scroll the textfield into view, very easy to forget this!
You find more information and sample code from here