iPhone: Disable the “double-tap spacebar for .” shortcut?

Question

By default, if you tap the spacebar twice on the iPhone or iPad, instead of getting \"  \" (two spaces), you get \". \" (a period followed by a space). Is the

Answer 1

Put this in your delegate class:

- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string{

 //Check for double space
 return !(range.location > 0 && 
          [string length] > 0 &&
          [[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet] characterIsMember:[string characterAtIndex:0]] &&
          [[NSCharacterSet whitespaceCharacterSet] characterIsMember:[[textField text] characterAtIndex:range.location - 1]]);

}