How to dismiss number pad keyboard by tapping anywhere

Question

I\'d like to know the simplest code to dismiss the number pad keyboard when tapping anywhere outside the number pad. It\'s a simple application to input a number inside a te

Answer 1

Just make a simple function like this one..

    -(IBAction)hideKeyboard:(id)Sender
{
    [_textValue resignFirstResponder];
}

now go to ur nib file and connect this function with the textfield with didEndOnExit and you are good to go. Now when u will click outside ur textfield the keyboard will hide itself.

Answer 2

You must use UITapGestureRecognizer to achieve this.

UITapGestureRecognizer *tapToDismiss = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget: self action: @selector (dismissNumberKeyBoard:)];

Then in your dismissNumberKeyboard method,

-(Void)dismissNumberKeyboard : (id)sender {

   [yourTextField resignFirstResponder];

}

Happy coding!

Answer 3

Normally, when the user touches on 'Cancel' button, I use this to dismiss Keyboard -

- (void)searchBarCancelButtonClicked:(UISearchBar *) searchBar
{
    NSLog(@"cancel clicked");
    [searchBar resignFirstResponder]; // dismiss keyboard
    return;
}

If you want to do this for when the user touches anywhere outside the keyboard area, then you need to implement touchesEnded & put this code there -

/* Delegate for when touch ends.  */
-(void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches 
          withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    [searchBar resignFirstResponder];
}

I myself have not tried this, but I recon this should do the trick...

Answer 4

For Swift Use Below Code

override func touchesBegan(touches: NSSet, withEvent event: UIEvent)
 {
       textFiled.resignFirstResponder()
 }

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Answer 5

Declaring the text field as instance variable or property if it isn't already and implementing a simple method like this:

- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event 
{
    [textField resignFirstResponder];
}

will do just fine.

Answer 6

If you've made a custom number pad or other popover, another solution would be to use a gesture recognizer in the init of your UIView like this:

tapper = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSingleTap:)];
tapper.cancelsTouchesInView = NO;
[self addGestureRecognizer:tapper];

 _yourViewController = [[CustomViewController alloc] init];
_yourPopoverController = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:_yourViewController];
_yourPopoverController.popoverContentSize = CGSizeMake(550, 300);
_yourViewController.delegate = self;

And have the handleSingleTap dismiss the popover if visible and dismiss editing:

- (void)handleSingleTap:(UITapGestureRecognizer *) sender
{
    if ([_yourPopoverController isPopoverVisible]) {
        [_yourPopoverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
    }

    [self endEditing:YES];
}