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

Here is code to remove the UIKeyboard background by hiding it. Feel free to modify it to tint the UIKeyboard:

-(NSArray*)subviewsOfView:(UIView*)view withType:(NSString*)type{
NSString *prefix = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"<%@",type];
NSMutableArray *subviewArray = [NSMutableArray array];
for (UIView *subview in view.subviews) {
    NSArray *tempArray = [self subviewsOfView:subview withType:type];
    for (UIView *view in tempArray) {
        [subviewArray addObject:view];
    }
}
if ([[view description]hasPrefix:prefix]) {
    [subviewArray addObject:view];
}
return [NSArray arrayWithArray:subviewArray];
}

-(void)removeKeyboardBackground{
    for (UIWindow *keyboardWindow in [[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows]) {
        for (UIView *keyboard in [keyboardWindow subviews]) {
            for (UIView *view in [self subviewsOfView:keyboard withType:@"UIKBBackgroundView"]) {
                view.hidden=YES;
            }
        }
    }
}

Just call [self removeKeyboardBackground] after you received a NSNotification for UIKeyboardDidShowNotification. Do whatever you want with the background view by replacing view.hidden=YES; with whatever you would like.