iOS - Dismiss keyboard when touching outside of UI

Question

I'm wondering how to make the keyboard disappear when the user touches outside of a UITextField.

Answer 1

This works

In this example, aTextField is the only UITextField.... If there are others or UITextViews, there's a tiny bit more to do.

// YourViewController.h
// ...
@interface YourViewController : UIViewController /* some subclass of UIViewController */ <UITextFieldDelegate> // <-- add this protocol
// ...
@end

// YourViewController.m

@interface YourViewController ()
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) UITapGestureRecognizer *singleTapRecognizer;
@end
// ...

@implementation
@synthesize singleTapRecognizer = _singleTapRecognizer;
// ...

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // your other init code here
    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:self.singleTapRecognizer];

{

- (UITapGestureRecognizer *)singleTapRecognizer
{
    if (nil == _singleTapRecognizer) {
        _singleTapRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(singleTapToDismissKeyboard:)];
        _singleTapRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = NO; // absolutely required, otherwise "tap" eats events.
    }
    return _singleTapRecognizer;
}

// Something inside this VC's view was tapped (except the navbar/toolbar)
- (void)singleTapToDismissKeyboard:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)sender
{
    NSLog(@"singleTap");
    [self hideKeyboard:sender];
}

// When the "Return" key is pressed on the on-screen keyboard, hide the keyboard.
// for protocol UITextFieldDelegate
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField*)textField
{
    NSLog(@"Return pressed");
    [self hideKeyboard:textField];
    return YES;
}

- (IBAction)hideKeyboard:(id)sender
{
    // Just call resignFirstResponder on all UITextFields and UITextViews in this VC
    // Why? Because it works and checking which one was last active gets messy.
    [aTextField resignFirstResponder];
    NSLog(@"keyboard hidden");
}

Answer 2

Check this, this would be the easiest way to do that,

-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{
      [self.view endEditing:YES];// this will do the trick
}

Or

This library will handle including scrollbar auto scrolling, tap space to hide the keyboard, etc...

https://github.com/michaeltyson/TPKeyboardAvoiding

Answer 3

Swift version, this works in combination with other elements (like a UIButton or another UITextField):

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    let tapper = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action:#selector(endEditing))
    tapper.cancelsTouchesInView = false
    view.addGestureRecognizer(tapper)
}

Answer 4

Add this code in your ViewController.m file :

-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    [self.view endEditing:YES];
}

Answer 5

I mashed up a few answers.

Use an ivar that gets initialized during viewDidLoad:

UIGestureRecognizer *tapper;

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    tapper = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]
                initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSingleTap:)];
    tapper.cancelsTouchesInView = NO;
    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:tapper];
}

Dismiss what ever is currently editing:

- (void)handleSingleTap:(UITapGestureRecognizer *) sender
{
    [self.view endEditing:YES];
}

Answer 6

This must be the easiest way to hide your keyboard by touching outside :

- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
    [self.view endEditing:YES];    
}

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