Selector UIView.endEditing crashing with UIBarButtonItem but it's working with UITapGestureRecognizer Swift 5

Question

I want to dismiss keyboard when click on done button of UIBarButtonItem and I Don't want to add selector function @objc method.

#selector(UIView.endEditing) - This selector is working fine with UITapGestureRecognizer

let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: view, action:#selector(UIView.endEditing))
view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

Doing same thing with UIBarButtonItem - It Crashing

let done = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .done, target: self, action: #selector(UIView.endEditing))

I am adding this done button to ToolBar adding reference code here

let toolBar = UIToolbar()
toolBar.sizeToFit()

let done = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .done, target: self, action: #selector(UIView.endEditing))
let spacebar = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .flexibleSpace, target: self, action: nil)
toolBar.setItems([spacebar ,done], animated: false)
firstnameField.inputAccessoryView = toolBar

Crash Image:

All things are working fine but when I tap on Done button it will crash.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '22 at 16:43

Thats because you are setting the target to self in the UIBarButtonItem scenario.

It should not be self because your class is not handling this event and that's why it crashes.

Make the target the view like you did in the gesture:

let done = UIBarButtonItem(barButtonSystemItem: .done,
                                   target: view, // Not self
                                   action: #selector(UIView.endEditing))

I think this should solve it

Selector UIView.endEditing crashing with UIBarButtonItem but it's working with UITapGestureRecognizer Swift 5

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