How to write Keyboard notifications in Swift 3

Question

I\'m trying to update this code to swift 3:

NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector(\"keyboardWillShow:\"), name: UIKeyboar         


        

Answer 1

Here is the best solution that works for me as far (used from "Lets Build That App" YouTube channel)

class ChatVC: UIViewController, UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource, UITextFieldDelegate {

// reference to your UIView with message TextField

    @IBOutlet weak var ChatView: UIView!   


// bottom constrain to your UIView (in my case ChatView)

    var bottomConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint?  

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

// add some text in the placeholder if you want

        messageField.placeholder = "Type your message.." 

// here we add two notifications for showing and hiding the keyboard

        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(handleKeyboardNotification), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)

        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(handleKeyboardNotification), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)


// defines the start position for message textField that will be shown on the screen

        bottomConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: ChatViewField!, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1, constant: -40)    
        view.addConstraint(bottomConstraint!)    
    }

// handles notifications for both cases when keyboard pops up and disappears  

  @objc func handleKeyboardNotification(notification: NSNotification){
        if let userInfo = notification.userInfo {

            let keyboardFrame =  (userInfo[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue
            print(keyboardFrame)

            let isKeyboardShowing = notification.name == UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification

            bottomConstraint?.constant = isKeyboardShowing ? -keyboardFrame.height : -40

// makes animation at the same time as the keyboard

UIView.animate(withDuration: 0, delay: 0, options: UIView.AnimationOptions.curveEaseOut, animations: {

                self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
            }) { (completed) in    
            }   
        }
    }