Keyboard is not responding after implementing UISearchBar delegate method

Question

I have an UISearchBar which i implemented in my viewDidLoad: by code. I have also set the UISearchBarDelegate.

Now i want to restrict the user from entering more than 5 chracter So i implement this delegate method

- (BOOL)searchBar:(UISearchBar *)searchBar shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text
{

    NSLog(@"shouldChangeTextInRange");

    if (searchBar.text.length >= 5)
        return NO;

    return YES;
}

Its working fine.

The problem is when i typed upto 5 chracters & try to use the keyboard Backspace character, it is not working.

Also now if i pressed Search button in keyboard the searchBarSearchButtonClicked: is not getting called.

I am currently using

XCode version :3.2.5

iOS SDK :4.2

AliSoftware · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-06T09:22:19.057

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You should do your test on the new text length (then length of the text that you will have if the suggested text change is applied), not the actual text length.

For that, you first need to compute the new text :

- (BOOL)searchBar:(UISearchBar *)searchBar shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text
{
    if ([text isEqualToString:@"\n"])
        return YES; // accept validation button

    NSString* newText = [searchBar.text stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:range withString:text];

    if (newText.length >= 5)
        return NO;

    return YES;
}

edited Sep 06 '11 at 09:22

answered Sep 06 '11 at 09:03

AliSoftware

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But why searchBarSearchButtonClicked: is not getting called when i reach the end character? – user930195 Sep 06 '11 at 09:10
Is it called correctly if you don't implement ```searchBar:shouldChangeTextInRange:```? Anyway, you probably need to ```return YES``` also ```if ([text isEqualToString:@"\n"])```. – AliSoftware Sep 06 '11 at 09:14
Yes it is getting called if i do not implement shouldChangeTextInRange: – user930195 Sep 06 '11 at 09:18
Then I edited my answer, check and validate if it solves your problem. – AliSoftware Sep 06 '11 at 09:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '11 at 09:03

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You can't use backspace because of your code. after typing 5 characters, your searchBar is stuck. Use it instead :

    if ([textField.text length] + [string length] - range.length > 5) {
        return NO;
    }

answered Sep 06 '11 at 09:03

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But why searchBarSearchButtonClicked: is not getting called when i reached the end character? – user930195 Sep 06 '11 at 09:10

Keyboard is not responding after implementing UISearchBar delegate method

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