iMessage Style Receding Keyboard in an iOS App

Question

I\'ve been wondering if it is possible to replicate the behavior of Apple\'s iOS5 keyboard in the messages app, without using any private API calls. When you scroll down pas

Answer 1

Vladimir's simple solution will hide the keyboard as the user scrolls down. However to finish the question regarding iMessage, in order to keep a TextField always visible and anchored to the top of the keyboard, you need to implement these methods:

- (UIView *) inputAccessoryView {
     // Return your textfield, buttons, etc
}

- (BOOL) canBecomeFirstResponder {
    return YES;
}

Here's a good tutorial breaking it down more