iOS: How to access the `UIKeyboard`?

Question

I want to get a pointer reference to UIKeyboard *keyboard to the keyboard on screen so that I can add a transparent subview to it, covering it completely, to ac

Answer 1

Under iOS 8 it appears you have to jump down the chain more than in the past. The following works for me to get the keyboard, although with custom keyboards available and such I wouldn't rely on this working unless you're running in a controlled environment.

- (UIView *)findKeyboard {
    for (UIWindow* window in [UIApplication sharedApplication].windows) {
        UIView *inputSetContainer = [self viewWithPrefix:@"