UITextView adding new line unintentionally?

Question

I have a scroll view which contains a UITextField and a UITextView. The UITextField return key is \"Next\" and when this is pressed I call [myTextView becomeFirstResponder];

Answer 1

One solution to solve this is when you implement the textFieldShouldReturn: delegate method, be sure to return NO, and not YES. By returning NO, the newline isn't passed on to the text field.

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {
    // move to next field or whatever you need
    [myTextView becomeFirstResponder];

    return NO;
}

Answer 2

Similar idea to performSelector, but using asynchronous dispatch queue (Swift 4 version):

func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
   textField.resignFirstResponder()
   DispatchQueue.main.async {
      self.myTextView.becomeFirstResponder()
   }
   return true
}

Answer 3

Okay, this behaviour is due to a bug in iOS when becoming firstresponder within same run loop by using next button. To over come this you should do this manually. First resign first responder from a textFied, and then make textView as a first responder. like this. Implement this delegate method.

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
{
    [textField resignFirstResponder];
    [textView performSelector:@selector(becomeFirstResponder) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.0];
    return YES;
}