How do I show the keyboard with a view above it?

Question

When a user taps on a button, I\'d like the keyboard to pop up (which is easy), but I want a view that goes up along with it (sticking to the top of the keyboard). This vie

Answer 1

go to your storyboard and add a view(lets call it topKeyboardView) at the bottom of your viewController. and give it the following constraints:

bottom space to bottom layout = 0

and then add the textfield*(i prefer using textView to make it change its height when the message gets too long...)* and your button(send) on top of topKeyboardView.

lets code now.. go to your viewController.swift and add an IBOutlet to your textField and button and add this function:

    //this is will tell if the keyboard hidden or not
    func addKeyboardNotifications() {
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("keyboardWillShow:"), name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("keyboardWillHide:"), name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

    // MARK:- Notification
    func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
        print("keyboard is up")
    }

    func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
        print("keyboard is down")
    }

in your viewDidLoad call the function:

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
        addKeyboardNotifications()
   }

run it...