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Grover Light

Reputation: 117

How do I create a custom button on an iOS keyboard within my app?

I want to add a button to the left of the space bar (similar to the emoji globe) that when pressed produces a character within my app.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 750

Answers (2)

Jasper Blues
Jasper Blues

Reputation: 28766

iOS has been designed such that that the keyboard is not customizable by the developers.

However, you can fake it by using a UIToolBar just above the keyboard (in fact many apple apps do exactly this - its well within human interface guidelines).

Here's a simple example: (the next/prev/done buttons):

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Open Source Substitute for the iOS Default Keyboard

Alternatively, here is an OpenSource control that allow the creation of a keyboard that looks like the built-in one, but that allows custom keys.

https://github.com/kulpreetchilana/Custom-iOS-Keyboards

Upvotes: 3

Dave
Dave

Reputation: 7717

Don't think you can do that. However, you can add a small view above the keyboard by setting the inputAccessoryView (usually to a UIToolbar).

Link to Blog Example (I didn't read, but looks like it should cover things)

Upvotes: 4

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