How can I show the numeric keyboard by default on iPhone?

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I'm trying the following with no luck. When the user click on a UiTextfield I need to change the keyboard view to the numeric view automatically, is this possible?

score 101 · Accepted Answer · edited May 19 '19 at 14:09

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The UITextInputTraits protocol (which UITextField conforms to) has a keyboardType property of type UIKeyboardType.

myTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad;

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answered Sep 26 '10 at 06:10

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in swift 4: `myTextField.keyboardType = .numberPad` – Andy Jul 14 '19 at 11:13

score 33 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 21 '19 at 21:14

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This could be done in the Interface Builder as well:

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score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 26 '10 at 06:19

UITextField conforms to UITextInputTraits protocol which means it has keyboardType property which you can set.

myField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad;

You can also set it via interface builder. From the text input traits set the keyboard to number pad and that's all.

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 20 '17 at 06:14

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We can get it by interface approach also.Select the text field and go to attribute inspector and change the keyboard type from the keyboard drop down box.

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 27 '16 at 02:02

If you want to show a numerical keyboard but also need to be able to use decimal points, currency symbols, or other characters, you can have the keyboard default to the back side of the alphabet keyboard.

currentTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation;

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 22 '21 at 22:43

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it is a good practice to always write the parent class UIKeyboardType and then continue with the keyboard enum numberPad

myTextField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardType.numberPad

answered Nov 22 '21 at 22:43

dimaskpz

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You do not [have to write the parent class](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3796772/how-can-i-show-the-numeric-keyboard-by-default-on-iphone/70073262#comment100583131_3796784) before the dot. It is in fact recommended to not wrtie it in recent versions of Swift. Just start with the dot and Xcode is supposed to autocomplete properly. – Eric Aya Nov 22 '21 at 22:46

How can I show the numeric keyboard by default on iPhone?

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