How do I show the keyboard by default in UITextView?

Question

I want to create a view that consists solely of a UITextView. When the view is first shown, by default, I\'d like the keyboard to be visible and ready for text

Answer 1

Following worked fine for me using Swift

override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    // Show keyboard by default
    billField.becomeFirstResponder()
}

Key is to use the viewDidAppear function.