Get full string in iOS8 Custom Keyboard Extension

Question

I\'m creating a Custom Keyboard Extension for iOS 8.

I want to get the whole string that the user wrote in the text input field.

Unfortunately I stumble in t

Answer 1

You could always have a mutable array you store all typed text in, and remove the last character when deleting(or maybe do some detection with documentContextAfterInput/BeforeInput to find the spot to delete text, then remove that portion). This is more complicated than just calling a 'giveMeWholeString' method, but it would work for most cases, especially if they were only typing and deleting with the delete key.