Textfield in the keyboard

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How do you make a keyboard have a textfield inside like the messages app ?

shannoga · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-04T14:03:20.623

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never tried but you can try this -

You can programmatically

set a tool bar.
set a textfield.
set the tool bar as the inputAccessoryView of the textfield.
make the textfield the first responder.

edited Jul 04 '12 at 14:03

answered Jan 22 '11 at 10:21

shannoga

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '11 at 08:23

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It depends what you're trying to do with it. You could simply create a view that looks like the keyboard section and show it right above the keyboard. If you're trying to actually send SMSs/emails, look up the MessageUI documentation.

answered Jan 22 '11 at 08:23

Aurum Aquila

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I realised that later that the MessageUI is meant for actually sending SMS and mails. What I wanted was to have a keyboard similar to the ones in apps like Meebo, Messages, IM apps, thats it no sending actual messages – rounak Jan 25 '11 at 12:09
Which is why I mentioned floating a UIView on top of your views that appears right above the keyboard. It doesn't have to be part of the keyboard. You could also message one of those apps devs - us devs have to work together, one of them might share their secret. – Aurum Aquila Jan 25 '11 at 12:11

Textfield in the keyboard

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