How to change the displayed title of a soft keyboard in iOS?

Question

Here's how my soft keyboard's title is currently displayed among the keyboard choices in iOS:

I'd prefer for it to be displayed like the Gboard example above it, simply as "ASETNIOP" on the top line and "Multiple languages" below, as shown in the mockup here:

I can change the lowercased prefix if I modify the extension's "Display Name" in Target->General->Identity, but I can't eliminate it (or the associated dash) entirely:

And (although I don't actually need to do this) it doesn't look like it's possible to change the main application's Display Name at all - it's grayed out:

Can anyone let me know where I need to go to make these changes, and where I need to go to change the Language designation as well?

Syed Sadrul Ullah Sahad · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-18T04:44:54.460

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For multi language, open your info.plist as source code of extension part. Then find

 <key>PrimaryLanguage</key>
    <string>en-US</string>

replace with

<key>PrimaryLanguage</key>
    <string>mul</string>

edited Nov 18 '17 at 04:44

answered Nov 18 '17 at 04:38

Syed Sadrul Ullah Sahad

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Found it under the NSExtension and then NSExtensionAttributes groups and it worked like a charm. Thank you! – asetniop Nov 18 '17 at 16:48
@asetniop , how you solved your naming problem? i actually need that hep. – Syed Sadrul Ullah Sahad Nov 19 '17 at 04:09
See @Yevhen Dubinin's answer below - I only needed to change the Bundle Display Name to get the results I wanted but his answer seems to cover everything you might want to do. – asetniop Nov 19 '17 at 05:23

Yevhen Dubinin · Answer 2 · 2017-11-18T07:11:12.873

The name of the keyboard application extension (or appex) iOS displays in the menu under "Globe" button is taken from the Keyboard appex's metadata. In your case this is asentitop target. So, check/apply the following for this target:

Go to the target's Info.plist and change the following keys.

<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
    <string>ASETNIOP</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
    <string>ASETNIOP</string>

Advanced setup would employ localization for your custom keyboard extension display name.

Go to your Xcode project and select your keyboard extension target
Go to General tab and set Display Name to ${PRODUCT_NAME}
Go to Info tab and set CFBundleName to ${PRODUCT_NAME}
Make sure CFBundleDisplayName is set to ${PRODUCT_NAME}

Now, this setup allows you to set the Keyboard appex's name from a single place -- Build Settings tab
Go to Build Settings tab and search for PRODUCT_NAME. Edit Product Name to be ASETNIOP

Localize Info.plist and add these keys to respective localizations:

"CFBundleDisplayName" ="ASETNIOP";
"CFBundleName" = "ASETNIOP";

I made a single change - to Bundle Display Name in the info.plist for the extension - and it seems to have done exactly what I was looking for. Thanks! — asetniop, Nov 18 '17 at 16:45
Editing `CFBundleName` might be optional for your task, and the key can have other value if needed. However, I am not aware of any example when this might be desired. — Yevhen Dubinin, Nov 20 '17 at 03:56

How to change the displayed title of a soft keyboard in iOS?

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