How do I show the keyboard by default in UITextView?

Question

I want to create a view that consists solely of a UITextView. When the view is first shown, by default, I\'d like the keyboard to be visible and ready for text

Answer 1

In Swift

To automatically show the keyboard, to the following:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    
    // show keyboard
    textView.becomeFirstResponder()
}

Notes

• This assumes that the text view is editable.
• Works for both UITextView and UITextField
• To hide the keyboard use textView.resignFirstResponder()

Answer 2

Following worked fine for me using Swift

override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    // Show keyboard by default
    billField.becomeFirstResponder()
}

Key is to use the viewDidAppear function.

Answer 3

to accomplish that just send the becomeFirstResponder message to your UITextField, as follows (assuming you have an outlet called textField, pointing to the field in question):

- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];
    [textField becomeFirstResponder];
}