How to change UITextField keyboard type to email in Swift

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In objective-c I can just say the following.

[self.promoTextField setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress];

I tried googling it but just get ways to do it in objective-c.

I recently discovered that you can have the OS suggest an email address like this https://stackoverflow.com/a/61170506/1898829 — user1898829, Apr 14 '20 at 11:08

Pintouch · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-14T13:57:25.900

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Try this :

Swift 3

self.promoTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardType.emailAddress
// Or Shorter version
self.promoTextField.keyboardType = .emailAddress

Swift < 3

self.promoTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardType.EmailAddress

edited Apr 14 '21 at 13:57

answered Oct 16 '14 at 12:33

Pintouch

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You can also use the shorthand like this: `self.promoTextField.keyboardType = .EmailAddress` – Clifton Labrum May 05 '15 at 18:31
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If keyboardType of currently focussed textField needs to be changed without resigning it from the first responder, you must call reloadInputViews() after changing the keyboardType. Example: self.promoTextField.reloadInputViews() – Vipin Oct 25 '18 at 05:15
Does anyone know why setting it the first time works, but for subsequent ones, you have to change `.keyboardType` to something else and then back again? – Eric Apr 22 '21 at 06:32

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '14 at 12:32

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The documentation about UITextInputTraits, a protocol adopted by UITextField, says it's still here:

optional var keyboardType: UIKeyboardType { get set }

And the list of all keyboardTypes is here :

enum UIKeyboardType : Int {
    case Default
    case ASCIICapable
    case NumbersAndPunctuation
    case URL
    case NumberPad
    case PhonePad
    case NamePhonePad
    case EmailAddress
    case DecimalPad
    case Twitter
    case WebSearch
}

answered Oct 16 '14 at 12:32

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For more details visit here https://betterprogramming.pub/12-shades-of-keyboard-types-in-ios-a413cf93bf4f – iOS Lifee Apr 29 '22 at 06:25

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 13 '18 at 20:09

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In Swift 3 you might use:

youremailfieldname.keyboardType = UIKeyboardType.emailAddress

Note the lowercase in emailAddress

Note: also that you can assign the keyboard type in the TextField definition in the storyboard.

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answered Feb 13 '17 at 13:41

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This answer adds nothing new to the answers that already exist. – TMob Feb 13 '17 at 14:05
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The other answers don't include the storyboard option, so thank you – javi_swift Mar 20 '19 at 08:22

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 27 '17 at 09:27

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Try it in Swift 3:

let emailTextField: UITextField = {
    let text = UITextField()
    text.keyboardType = .emailAddress

    return text
}()

answered Jan 27 '17 at 09:27

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 14 '21 at 16:15

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Not sure why but to get the best experience I have to also set a few other properties.

TextField("Email", text: $email)
    .keyboardType(.emailAddress)
    .autocapitalization(UITextAutocapitalizationType.none)
    .disableAutocorrection(true)

answered Apr 14 '21 at 16:15

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Aug 30 '19 at 16:48

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You should just set the type of entry to TextField you want to change. e.g.

self.yourlTextField.keyboardType = .emailAddress //shows keyboard with e-mail characters

self.yourTextField.keyboardType = .phonePad ////shows phone pad only..just numbers

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answered Aug 30 '19 at 16:41

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 18 '20 at 09:16

Sometimes give UITextField extension to add one method, you can use like that "textField.chooseKeyboardType(keyboardType:.pad)", perhaps this is not a good way, but useful.

public extension UITextField {

func chooseKeyboardType(_ keyboardType:UIKeyboardType) {
    switch keyboardType {
    case .emailAddress:
        self.keyboardType = .emailAddress
    case .twitter:
        self.keyboardType = .twitter
    case .numberPad:
        self.keyboardType = .numberPad
    case .numbersAndPunctuation:
        self.keyboardType = .numbersAndPunctuation
    case .asciiCapable:
        self.keyboardType = .asciiCapable
    case .URL:
        self.keyboardType = .URL
    case .decimalPad:
        self.keyboardType = .decimalPad
    case .namePhonePad:
        self.keyboardType = .namePhonePad


    default:
        self.keyboardType = .default
    }
}
}

How to change UITextField keyboard type to email in Swift

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