Load third party keyboard as becomeFirstResponder

Question

I have created a third party keyboard for a language which is not there in the default keyboard list. To use it in my app I have to go to Settings and add it manually. After that only I can use it in the app. Is there any way to add it in the code and load the keyboard in the app as [yourTextField becomeFirstResponder]?

what do you mean by you have created keyboard ? means are you creating keyboard by taking buttons in uiview ? — Ketan Parmar, Sep 11 '17 at 05:26
The two answers in [this very related question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28656725/xcode-creating-a-custom-keyboard-just-for-my-own-app) may help you. — Michael Dautermann, Sep 11 '17 at 05:27
@Lion - yes, i created it using this https://www.appcoda.com/custom-keyboard-tutorial/ — NavodaP, Sep 11 '17 at 05:30
then assign that view(which have keyboard keys) to your textfiels's input view! taht's it! — Ketan Parmar, Sep 11 '17 at 05:44
hi, this worked for me. thanks And can I change the keyboard language to a language defined in the default keyboard list? Ex: Italian — NavodaP, Sep 11 '17 at 07:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '17 at 05:27

If your third party keyboard is a subclass of UIView then you can use textfild's "inputView" property to assign that keyboard view.

yourTextField.inputView = thirdPartyKeyboard

After this

[yourTextField becomeFirstResponder];

will present third party keyboard instead of default keyboard.

Load third party keyboard as becomeFirstResponder

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