Can I tint (black) a UIKeyboard? If so, how?

Question

Is there a way to get a black keyboard? The default one is bluish. And the Alert style one is semi-transparent black. I was wondering if it was possible to have the keyboard

Answer 1

The short answer is, NO. The only two keyboards you can display are the normal and alert style keyboards.

There are ways to hack around, get the ui keyboard and change it's composition. I wouldn't recommend doing this as it will 1) likely make have your app rejected from the app store and 2) likely break the next time an iOS revision comes around.

Seems like putting a black or white view behind the keyboard should work for application. In this case I would recommend looking here for a way to animate that black view up below the keyboard.