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

OK, I figured it out. In your UITextView delegate, add this:

-(BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text {
    if([text isEqualToString:@". "])
        return NO;
}