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objective-ciosuitextviewbecomefirstresponder
Joel Derfner
Joel Derfner

Reputation: 2207

getting becomeFirstResponder to call without user tapping UITextView

I would like the keyboard to appear automatically when a certain UITextView appears. Right now, the first time the UITextView appears, the user has to tap on it for the keyboard to appear. Subsequent appearances of the UITextView automatically make the keyboard appear. How can I make this happen the first time the UITextView appears as well?

-(void)displayComposeScreen
{
    [self.nameField resignFirstResponder]; //This is a different UITextView, but my issue doesn't change whether I leave this line in or take it out

    if (!self.textView)
    {
        self.textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20, 20, 280, 150)]; //This is the UITextView with whose appearance I want the keyboard to appear automatically.
        self.textView.font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica Neue" size:14];
        self.textView.delegate = self;
    }
    [self.textView becomeFirstResponder];
    self.textView.hidden=NO;
    if (self.ghhaiku.userIsEditing==NO)
    {
         self.textView.text = @"";
    }
    else
    {
        self.textView.text = self.ghhaiku.text;
    }
    [self.view addSubview:self.textView];
}

Basically, the first time this method is called the user has to tap on self.textView for the keyboard to appear, and I want the keyboard to appear automatically when the method is called, like it is on subsequent calls of this method.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4331

Answers (4)

iomar
iomar

Reputation: 465

    [UIView animateWithDuration:0.0 animations:^{
        [self addSubview:textview];
    } completion:^(BOOL finished){
        [textview becomeFirstResponder];
    }];

Upvotes: -1

WINSergey
WINSergey

Reputation: 2005

Hope to help you

[textField performSelector:@selector(becomeFirstResponder) 
                withObject:nil 
                afterDelay:0.2f]

In iOS 6, -[UITextField becomeFirstResponder] doesn't work in -viewWillAppear: (comment to question by https://stackoverflow.com/users/1162777/anton)

Upvotes: 2

Kenn Cal
Kenn Cal

Reputation: 3679

You should put the code

[self.textView becomeFirstResponder]

after you have put the text view into the controller's view.

Upvotes: 3

Girish
Girish

Reputation: 4712

Try following line when you want to active the textView.

[self.textView becomeFirstResponder];

Upvotes: 0

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