How to write Keyboard notifications in Swift 3

Question

I'm trying to update this code to swift 3:

NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("keyboardWillShow:"), name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)

NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("keyboardWillHide:"), name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)`

So far, I've just tried the auto corrections given by the compiler. This results in code like this:

let notificationCenter = NotificationCenter.default()
notificationCenter.addObserver(self, selector: Selector(("keyboardWillShow:")), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)

notificationCenter.addObserver(self, selector: Selector(("keyboardWillHide:")), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)`

Unfortunately, that doesn't take me far, resulting in additional errors.

Has anyone solved this please?

Please note that I'm just trying how to write the notifications. I'm not (yet) trying to fix the notification functions.. Thanks

Answer 1

  NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: Selector(("keyboardWillShow:")), name:UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil);
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: Selector(("keyboardWillHide:")), name:UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil);

Answer 2

Swift 5.1 + Combine + SwiftUI

@State var keyboardHeight: CGFloat = 0 // or @Published if one is in ViewModel: ObservableObject

private var cancellableSet: Set<AnyCancellable> = []

init() {

   let notificationCenter = NotificationCenter.default

   notificationCenter.publisher(for: UIWindow.keyboardWillShowNotification)
       .map {
             guard
                 let info = $0.userInfo,
                 let keyboardFrame = info[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? CGRect
                 else { return 0 }

             return keyboardFrame.height
         }
         .assign(to: \.keyboardHeight, on: self)
         .store(in: &cancellableSet)

     notificationCenter.publisher(for: UIWindow.keyboardDidHideNotification)
         .map { _ in 0 }
         .assign(to: \.keyboardHeight, on: self)
         .store(in: &cancellableSet)
    }

Answer 3

Here is the best solution that works for me as far (used from "Lets Build That App" YouTube channel)

class ChatVC: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource, UITextFieldDelegate {

// reference to your UIView with message TextField

    @IBOutlet weak var ChatView: UIView!   


// bottom constrain to your UIView (in my case ChatView)

    var bottomConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint?  

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

// add some text in the placeholder if you want

        messageField.placeholder = "Type your message.." 

// here we add two notifications for showing and hiding the keyboard

        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(handleKeyboardNotification), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)

        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(handleKeyboardNotification), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)


// defines the start position for message textField that will be shown on the screen

        bottomConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: ChatViewField!, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1, constant: -40)    
        view.addConstraint(bottomConstraint!)    
    }

// handles notifications for both cases when keyboard pops up and disappears  

  @objc func handleKeyboardNotification(notification: NSNotification){
        if let userInfo = notification.userInfo {

            let keyboardFrame =  (userInfo[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue
            print(keyboardFrame)

            let isKeyboardShowing = notification.name == UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification

            bottomConstraint?.constant = isKeyboardShowing ? -keyboardFrame.height : -40

// makes animation at the same time as the keyboard

UIView.animate(withDuration: 0, delay: 0, options: UIView.AnimationOptions.curveEaseOut, animations: {

                self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
            }) { (completed) in    
            }   
        }
    }

Answer 4

Swift 4

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

func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
     print("keyboardWillShow")
}

func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification){
     print("keyboardWillHide")
}

You Can Also Get Keyboard Info Uisng Below Code Inside These Methods.

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillChange), name: .UIKeyboardWillChangeFrame, object: nil) .      

@objc func keyboardWillChange(notification: NSNotification) {
     let duration = notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] as! Double
     let curve = notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] as! UInt
     let curFrame = (notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue
     let targetFrame = (notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue
     let deltaY = targetFrame.origin.y - curFrame.origin.y
 }