Making a UITableView scroll when text field is selected

Question

After a lot of trial and error, I'm giving up and asking the question. I've seen a lot of people with similar problems but can't get all the answers to work right.

I have a UITableView which is composed of custom cells. The cells are made of 5 text fields next to each other (sort of like a grid).

When I try to scroll and edit the cells at the bottom of the UITableView, I can't manage to get my cells properly positioned above the keyboard.

I have seen many answers talking about changing view sizes,etc... but none of them has worked nicely so far.

Could anybody clarify the "right" way to do this with a concrete code example?

Answer 1

The simplest solution for Swift:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    
    searchBar?.becomeFirstResponder()
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(MyViewController.keyboardWillShow(_:)), name: UIKeyboardDidShowNotification, object: nil)
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(MyViewController.keyboardWillHide(_:)), name: UIKeyboardDidHideNotification, object: nil)
}

deinit {
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self)
}

func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    if let userInfo = notification.userInfo {
        if let keyboardHeight = userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey]?.CGRectValue.size.height {
            tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, keyboardHeight, 0)
        }
    }
}

func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    UIView.animateWithDuration(0.2, animations: { self.table_create_issue.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0) })
    // For some reason adding inset in keyboardWillShow is animated by itself but removing is not, that's why we have to use animateWithDuration here
    }

For Swift 4.2 or greater

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    searchBar?.becomeFirstResponder()
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.keyboardWillShow), name: UIResponder.keyboardDidShowNotification, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.keyboardWillHide), name: UIResponder.keyboardDidHideNotification, object: nil)
}

deinit {
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

 @objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    if let userInfo = notification.userInfo {
            let keyboardHeight = (userInfo[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as AnyObject).cgRectValue.size.height
            accountSettingsTableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardHeight, right: 0)
        
    }
}
@objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.2, animations: { self.accountSettingsTableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0) })}
}

Answer 2

I just discovered another bug when using UITableViewController. It wasn't scrolling automatically when keyboard showed up. I noticed that it was because of contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior = .never on UITableView.

Answer 3

Swift 4.2 complete solution

I've created GIST with set of protocols that simplifies work with adding extra space when keyboard is shown, hidden or changed.

Features:

• Correctly works with keyboard frame changes (e.g. keyboard height changes like emojii → normal keyboard).
• TabBar & ToolBar support for UITableView example (at other examples you receive incorrect insets).
• Dynamic animation duration (not hard-coded).
• Protocol-oriented approach that could be easily modified for you purposes.

Usage

Basic usage example in view controller that contains some scroll view (table view is supported also of course).

class SomeViewController: UIViewController {
  @IBOutlet weak var scrollView: UIScrollView!

  override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    addKeyboardFrameChangesObserver()
  }

  override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    removeKeyboardFrameChangesObserver()
  }
}

extension SomeViewController: ModifableInsetsOnKeyboardFrameChanges {
  var scrollViewToModify: UIScrollView { return scrollView }
}

Core: frame changes observer

Protocol KeyboardChangeFrameObserver will fire event each time keyboard frame was changed (including showing, hiding, frame changing).

1. Call addKeyboardFrameChangesObserver() at viewWillAppear() or similar method.
2. Call removeKeyboardFrameChangesObserver() at viewWillDisappear() or similar method.

Implementation: scrolling view

ModifableInsetsOnKeyboardFrameChanges protocol adds UIScrollView support to core protocol. It changes scroll view's insets when keyboard frame is changed.

Your class needs to set scroll view, one's insets will be increased / decreased on keyboard frame changes.

var scrollViewToModify: UIScrollView { get }

Answer 4

Small variation with Swift 4.2...

On my UITableView I had many sections but I had to avoid the floating header effect so I used a "dummyViewHeight" approach as seen somewhere else here on Stack Overflow... So this is my solution for this problem (it works also for keyboard + toolbar + suggestions):

Declare it as class constant:

let dummyViewHeight: CGFloat = 40.0

Then

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    //... some stuff here, not needed for this example

    // Create non floating header
    tableView.tableHeaderView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: tableView.bounds.size.width, height: dummyViewHeight))
    tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: -dummyViewHeight, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0)

    addObservers()
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    removeObservers()
}

And here all the magic...

@objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    if let userInfo = notification.userInfo {
        let keyboardHeight = (userInfo[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as AnyObject).cgRectValue.size.height
        tableView.tableHeaderView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.tableView.bounds.size.width, height: dummyViewHeight))
        tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: -dummyViewHeight, left: 0, bottom: keyboardHeight, right: 0)
    }
}

@objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.25) {
        self.tableView.tableHeaderView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.tableView.bounds.size.width, height: self.dummyViewHeight))
        self.tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: -self.dummyViewHeight, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0)
    }
}

Answer 5

Solution for Swift 3-4 with animations and keyboard frame changing:

First, create a Bool:

// MARK: - Private Properties
private var isKeyboardShowing = false

Secondly, add Observers to the System Keyboard Notifications:

// MARK: - Overriding ViewController Life Cycle Methods
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)

    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow), name: .UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)

    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide), name: .UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)

    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillChangeFrame), name: .UIKeyboardWillChangeFrame, object: nil)
}

Thirdly, prepare the animation function:

func adjustTableViewInsets(keyboardHeight: CGFloat, duration: NSNumber, curve: NSNumber){
    var extraHeight: CGFloat = 0
    if keyboardHeight > 0 {
        extraHeight = 20
        isKeyboardShowing = true
    } else {
        isKeyboardShowing = false
    }

    let contentInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardHeight + extraHeight, right: 0)
    func animateFunc() {
        //refresh constraints
        //self.view.layoutSubviews()
        tableView.contentInset = contentInset
    }

    UIView.animate(withDuration: TimeInterval(duration), delay: 0, options: [UIViewAnimationOptions(rawValue: UInt(curve))], animations: animateFunc, completion: nil)
}

Then add the target/action methods (called by the observers):

// MARK: - Target/Selector Actions
func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    if !isKeyboardShowing {
        if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
            let keyboardHeight = keyboardSize.height

            let duration = notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] as! NSNumber
            let curve = notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] as! NSNumber

            adjustTableViewInsets(keyboardHeight: keyboardHeight, duration: duration, curve: curve)
        }
    }
}

func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    let duration = notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] as! NSNumber
    let curve = notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] as! NSNumber
    adjustTableViewInsets(keyboardHeight: 0, duration: duration, curve: curve)
}

func keyboardWillChangeFrame(notification: NSNotification) {
    if isKeyboardShowing {
        let duration = notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] as! NSNumber
        let curve = notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] as! NSNumber

        if let newKeyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
            let keyboardHeight = newKeyboardSize.height
            adjustTableViewInsets(keyboardHeight: keyboardHeight, duration: duration, curve: curve)
        }
    }
}

Lastly, don't forget to remove observers in deinit or in viewWillDisappear:

deinit {
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

Answer 6

I hope you guys already got a solution reading all those. But I found my solution as follows. I am expecting that you already have a cell with UITextField. So on preparing just keep the row index into the text field's tag.

cell.textField.tag = IndexPath.row;

Create an activeTextField, instance of UITextField with global scope as below:

@interface EditViewController (){

    UITextField *activeTextField;

}

So, now you just copy paste my code at the end. And also don't forget to add UITextFieldDelegate

#pragma mark - TextField Delegation

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField{

    activeTextField = textField;

    return YES;
}

- (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField{

    activeTextField = nil;

}

Registers keyboard notifications

#pragma mark - Keyboard Activity

- (void)registerForKeyboardNotifications

{

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self

                                         selector:@selector(keyboardWasShown:)

                                             name:UIKeyboardDidShowNotification object:nil];



    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self

                                         selector:@selector(keyboardWillBeHidden:)

                                             name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];



}

Handles Keyboard Notifications:

Called when the UIKeyboardDidShowNotification is sent.

- (void)keyboardWasShown:(NSNotification*)aNotification

{

    NSDictionary* info = [aNotification userInfo];

    CGSize kbSize = [[info objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;

    UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 0.0, kbSize.height, 0.0);

    [self.tableView setContentInset:contentInsets];

    [self.tableView setScrollIndicatorInsets:contentInsets];

    NSIndexPath *currentRowIndex = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:activeTextField.tag inSection:0];

    [self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:currentRowIndex atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES];

}

Called when the UIKeyboardWillHideNotification is sent

- (void)keyboardWillBeHidden:(NSNotification*)aNotification

{

    UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero;

    [self.tableView setContentInset:contentInsets];

    [self.tableView setScrollIndicatorInsets:contentInsets];

}

Now one thing is left, Call the registerForKeyboardNotifications method in to ViewDidLoad method as follows:

- (void)viewDidLoad {

    [super viewDidLoad];

    // Registering keyboard notification

    [self registerForKeyboardNotifications];

    // Your codes here...

}

You are done, hope your textFields will no longer hidden by the keyboard.

Answer 7

No Need Any Calculations, Use below code it will work: This code I used in my Customised UITableviewcell, It's working:

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ViewController.keyboardWillShow), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ViewController.keyboardWillHide), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)}


func keyboardWillShow(_ notification:Notification) {

if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
    tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, keyboardSize.height, 0)
}}


func keyboardWillHide(_ notification:Notification) {

if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
    tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0)
}}

Answer 8

The simplest solution for Swift 3, based on Bartłomiej Semańczyk solution:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(CreateEditRitualViewController.keyboardWillShow(notification:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardDidShow, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(CreateEditRitualViewController.keyboardWillHide(notification:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardDidHide, object: nil)
}

deinit {
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

// MARK: Keyboard Notifications

@objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    if let keyboardHeight = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue.height {
        tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, keyboardHeight, 0)
    }
}

@objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.2, animations: {
        // For some reason adding inset in keyboardWillShow is animated by itself but removing is not, that's why we have to use animateWithDuration here
        self.tableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0)
    })
}

Answer 9

// scroll tableview so content ends at the middle of the tableview (out of the way of the keyboard)
CGPoint newContentOffset = CGPointMake(0, [self.tableView contentSize].height - (self.tableView.bounds.size.height / 2));
[self.tableView setContentOffset:newContentOffset animated:YES];

Answer 10

Use UITextField's delegate method :

Swift

func textFieldShouldBeginEditing(textField: UITextField) -> bool {
  let txtFieldPosition = textField.convertPoint(textField.bounds.origin, toView: yourTableViewHere)
  let indexPath = yourTablViewHere.indexPathForRowAtPoint(txtFieldPosition)
  if indexPath != nil {
     yourTablViewHere.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(indexPath!, atScrollPosition: .Top, animated: true)
  }
  return true
}

Objective-C

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
  CGPoint txtFieldPosition = [textField convertPoint:CGPointZero toView: yourTablViewHere];
  NSLog(@"Begin txtFieldPosition : %@",NSStringFromCGPoint(txtFieldPosition));
  NSIndexPath *indexPath = [yourTablViewHere indexPathForRowAtPoint:txtFieldPosition];

  if (indexPath != nil) {
     [yourTablViewHere scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated:YES];
  }
  return YES;
}

Answer 11

Look at my version :)

    - (void)keyboardWasShown:(NSNotification *)aNotification
{
    NSDictionary* info = [aNotification userInfo];
    CGSize kbSize = [[info objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
    CGRect bkgndRect = cellSelected.superview.frame;
    bkgndRect.size.height += kbSize.height;
    [cellSelected.superview setFrame:bkgndRect];
    [tableView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0.0, cellSelected.frame.origin.y-kbSize.height) animated:YES];
}


- (void)keyboardWasHidden:(NSNotification *)aNotification
{
    [tableView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0.0, 0.0) animated:YES];
}

Answer 12

in viewdidload

-(void)viewdidload{

[super viewdidload];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillChange:) name:UIKeyboardWillChangeFrameNotification object:nil];
}

    -(void)keyboardWillChange:(NSNotification*)sender{

        NSLog(@"keyboardwillchange sender %@",sender);

float margin=0  // set your own topmargin


        CGFloat originY = [[sender.userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].origin.y;


        if (originY >= self.view.frame.size.height){

            NSLog(@"keyboardclose");



            [tb_ setFrame:CGRectMake(0, margin, self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height-margin)];

        }else{

            NSLog(@"keyobard on");

            float adjustedHeight = self.view.frame.size.height - margin - (self.view.frame.size.height-originY);

            [tb_ setFrame:CGRectMake(0, margin, self.view.frame.size.width, adjustedHeight)];
        }







    }

Answer 13

I'm doing something very similar it's generic, no need to compute something specific for your code. Just check the remarks on the code:

In MyUIViewController.h

@interface MyUIViewController: UIViewController <UITableViewDelegate, UITableViewDataSource>
{
     UITableView *myTableView;
     UITextField *actifText;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITableView *myTableView;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITextField *actifText;

- (IBAction)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField;
- (IBAction)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField;

-(void) keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)note;
-(void) keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)note;

@end

In MyUIViewController.m

@implementation MyUIViewController

@synthesize myTableView;
@synthesize actifText;

- (void)viewDidLoad 
{
    // Register notification when the keyboard will be show
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                          selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:)
                                          name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification
                                          object:nil];

    // Register notification when the keyboard will be hide
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                          selector:@selector(keyboardWillHide:)
                                          name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification
                                          object:nil];
}

// To be link with your TextField event "Editing Did Begin"
//  memoryze the current TextField
- (IBAction)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
    self.actifText = textField;
}

// To be link with your TextField event "Editing Did End"
//  release current TextField
- (IBAction)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
    self.actifText = nil;
}

-(void) keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)note
{
    // Get the keyboard size
    CGRect keyboardBounds;
    [[note.userInfo valueForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] getValue: &keyboardBounds];

    // Detect orientation
    UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];
    CGRect frame = self.myTableView.frame;

    // Start animation
    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
    [UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.3f];

    // Reduce size of the Table view 
    if (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait || orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown)
        frame.size.height -= keyboardBounds.size.height;
    else 
        frame.size.height -= keyboardBounds.size.width;

    // Apply new size of table view
    self.myTableView.frame = frame;

    // Scroll the table view to see the TextField just above the keyboard
    if (self.actifText)
      {
        CGRect textFieldRect = [self.myTableView convertRect:self.actifText.bounds fromView:self.actifText];
        [self.myTableView scrollRectToVisible:textFieldRect animated:NO];
      }

    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

-(void) keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)note
{
    // Get the keyboard size
    CGRect keyboardBounds;
    [[note.userInfo valueForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] getValue: &keyboardBounds];

    // Detect orientation
    UIInterfaceOrientation orientation = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation];
    CGRect frame = self.myTableView.frame;

    [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
    [UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.3f];

    // Increase size of the Table view 
    if (orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait || orientation == UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown)
        frame.size.height += keyboardBounds.size.height;
    else 
        frame.size.height += keyboardBounds.size.width;

    // Apply new size of table view
    self.myTableView.frame = frame;

    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

@end

---

Swift 1.2+ version:

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate {
    @IBOutlet weak var activeText: UITextField!
    @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self,
            selector: Selector("keyboardWillShow:"),
            name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification,
            object: nil)
        NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self,
            selector: Selector("keyboardWillHide:"),
            name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification,
            object: nil)
    }

    func textFieldDidBeginEditing(textField: UITextField) {
        activeText = textField
    }

    func textFieldDidEndEditing(textField: UITextField) {
        activeText = nil
    }

    func keyboardWillShow(note: NSNotification) {
        if let keyboardSize = (note.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.CGRectValue() {
            var frame = tableView.frame
            UIView.beginAnimations(nil, context: nil)
            UIView.setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState(true)
            UIView.setAnimationDuration(0.3)
            frame.size.height -= keyboardSize.height
            tableView.frame = frame
            if activeText != nil {
                let rect = tableView.convertRect(activeText.bounds, fromView: activeText)
                tableView.scrollRectToVisible(rect, animated: false)
            }
            UIView.commitAnimations()
        }
    }

    func keyboardWillHide(note: NSNotification) {
        if let keyboardSize = (note.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.CGRectValue() {
            var frame = tableView.frame
            UIView.beginAnimations(nil, context: nil)
            UIView.setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState(true)
            UIView.setAnimationDuration(0.3)
            frame.size.height += keyboardSize.height
            tableView.frame = frame
            UIView.commitAnimations()
        }
    }
}

Answer 14

An example in Swift, using the exact point of the text field from Get indexPath of UITextField in UITableViewCell with Swift:

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(textField: UITextField) {
    let pointInTable = textField.convertPoint(textField.bounds.origin, toView: self.accountsTableView)
    let textFieldIndexPath = self.accountsTableView.indexPathForRowAtPoint(pointInTable)
    accountsTableView.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(textFieldIndexPath!, atScrollPosition: .Top, animated: true)
}

Answer 15

Here is my solution inspired by "Event edit" screen from iOS7 Calendar app.

One of key points of this solution is that keyboard is dismissed when user scrolls table.

Implementation:

1) Add property that will store selected textfield:

@property (strong) UITextField *currentTextField;

and BOOL variable that we will use to check if we need to hide keyboard when user scrolls table.

BOOL hideKeyboardOnScroll;

2) Handle UITextField delegate callbacks:

#pragma mark - UITextFieldDelegate

- (void) textFieldDidBeginEditing: (UITextField *) textField {
    self.currentTextField = textField;
}

- (void) textFieldDidEndEditing: (UITextField *) textField {
    self.currentTextField = nil;
}

- (BOOL) textFieldShouldReturn: (UITextField *) textField {
   [textField resignFirstResponder];

    CGPoint newContentOffset = CGPointZero;
    if (tableView.contentSize.height > tableView.frame.size.height) {
        newContentOffset.y = MIN(tableView.contentOffset.y, tableView.contentSize.height - tableView.frame.size.height);
    }
    [tableView setContentOffset: newContentOffset animated: YES];

    return YES;
}

3) Handle UIScrollViewDelegate method to check that user scroll view.

#pragma mark - UIScrollViewDelegate

- (void) scrollViewDidScroll: (UIScrollView *) scrollView {
    if (hideKeyboardOnScroll == YES) {
        [self.currentTextField resignFirstResponder];
    }
}

4) Subscribe to keyboard notifications in viewcontroller's [viewWillAppear] method and unsubscribe in [viewWillDisappear] method.

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

    [ [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver: self selector: @selector(keyboardWillShow:)
                                                  name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object: nil];
    [ [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver: self selector: @selector(keyboardWillHide:)
                                                  name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object: nil];
}

- (void) viewWillDisappear: (BOOL) animated {
    [super viewWillDisappear: animated];

    [ [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver: self name: UIKeyboardDidShowNotification object: nil];
    [ [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver: self name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object: nil];    
}

5) Handle keyboard notifications:

- (void) keyboardWillShow: (NSNotification *) notification {
    CGRect keyboardFrame = [ [ [notification userInfo] objectForKey: UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue];

    // Find cell with textfield.
    CGRect textFieldFrame = [tableView convertRect: self.currentTextField.frame fromView: self.currentTextField];
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint: textFieldFrame.origin];
    UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath: indexPath];
    //

    // Shrink tableView size.
    CGRect tableViewFrame = tableView.frame;
    tableView.frame = CGRectMake(tableView.frame.origin.x, tableView.frame.origin.y, tableView.frame.size.width,
                             self.view.frame.size.height - tableView.frame.origin.y - keyboardFrame.size.height);
    //

    // Check if cell is visible in shrinked table size.
    BOOL cellIsFullyVisible = YES;
    if ( cell.frame.origin.y < tableView.contentOffset.y ||
        (cell.frame.origin.y + cell.frame.size.height) > (tableView.contentOffset.y + tableView.frame.size.height) ) {
        cellIsFullyVisible = NO;
    }
    //

    // If cell is not fully visible when scroll table to show cell;
    if (cellIsFullyVisible == NO) {
        CGPoint contentOffset = CGPointMake(tableView.contentOffset.x, CGRectGetMaxY(cell.frame) - tableView.frame.size.height);
        if (cell.frame.origin.y < tableView.contentOffset.y) {
            contentOffset.y = cell.frame.origin.y;
        }
        contentOffset.y = MAX(0, contentOffset.y);

        // For some reason [setContentOffset] is called without delay then
        // this code may not work for some cells. That why we call it with brief delay.
        dispatch_time_t popTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)(0.1 * NSEC_PER_SEC));
        dispatch_after(popTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
            [UIView animateWithDuration: 0.5 animations:^{
                [tableView setContentOffset: contentOffset animated: NO];
            } completion: ^(BOOL finished) {
                hideKeyboardOnScroll = YES;
            }];
        });
    } else {
        hideKeyboardOnScroll = YES;
    }
    //

    // Finally restore original table frame.
    tableView.frame = tableViewFrame;
    //
}

- (void) keyboardWillHide: (NSNotification *) notification {
    [super keyboardWillHide: notification];

    hideKeyboardOnScroll = NO;
}

Answer 16

I think the best way is through UITableViewController.

If you want a UITableView in a UIViewController, just make a ContentView with an embedded UITableViewController and put the following lines in the viedDidLoad of the UIViewController:

self.tableView = ((UITableViewController*)self.childViewControllers[0]).tableView;
self.tableView.delegate = self;
self.tableView.dataSource = self;

Easy ;)

Answer 17

The function that does the scrolling could be much simpler:

- (void) textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
    UITableViewCell *cell;

    if (floor(NSFoundationVersionNumber) <= NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1) {
    // Load resources for iOS 6.1 or earlier
        cell = (UITableViewCell *) textField.superview.superview;

    } else {
        // Load resources for iOS 7 or later
        cell = (UITableViewCell *) textField.superview.superview.superview; 
       // TextField -> UITableVieCellContentView -> (in iOS 7!)ScrollView -> Cell!
    }
    [tView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[tView indexPathForCell:cell] atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES];
}

That's it. No calculations at all.

Answer 18

I'm using these and they work like a charm:

BSKeyboardControls - BSKeyboardControls github

TPKeyboardAvoiding - TPKeyboardAvoiding github

Answer 19

I use this often in my projects. This solution works with scrollviews, tableviews or collectionviews and it’s easy to setup. It also automatically hooks up “Next” buttons on the keyboard to switch through the text fields.

Check it here

Answer 20

I will throw my solution (Or QuickDialog's that is) into the hat. Basically wait to animate to the scrolling. It would be nice to get the keyboard animation JIT instead of the magic number.

-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
{
    if (textField == self.emailTextField) {
        NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0];
        dispatch_time_t popTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, 50 * USEC_PER_SEC);
        dispatch_after(popTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void){
            [self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES];
        });
    }
}

Answer 21

Easy and fast solution.

I just scroll to the right cell whenever scrolling happens

    - (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView 

Assuming I know table now is in this mode "_keepMyCellOnTop" & I know selected cell "_selectedCellIndex" or scroll to selected cell

- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView 
{

    if (_keepMyCellOnTop)
    {
        [self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:_selectedCellIndex atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:NO];
    }
}

This will prevent scrolling.

Placing the code in -(void) scrollViewDidEndScrollingAnimation:(UIScrollView *)scrollView will result a scroll up and down

Answer 22

I just looked again into the iOS 5.0 lib reference and found this section titled "Moving Content That Is Located Under the Keyboard": TextAndWebiPhoneOS KeyboardManagement

Is this new since iOS 5, perhaps? I haven't read into it yet as I'm in the middle of something else, but perhaps others know more and can enlighten me and others here.

Does the Apple doc supersede what's been discussed here or is the information here still useful to iOS 5 SDK users?

Answer 23

UITableViewController does the Scrolling automatically, indeed. The difference compared to using a UIViewController is, that you have to create Navbar-Buttonitems programmatically by using the NavigationController, when using a TableViewController.

Answer 24

If you can use UITableViewController, you get the functionality for free. Sometimes, however, this is not an option, specifically if you need multiple views not just the UITableView.

Some of the solutions presented here don't work on iOS ≥4, some don't work on iPad or in landscape mode, some don't work for Bluetooth keyboards (where we don't want any scrolling), some don't work when switching between multiple text fields. So if you choose any solution, make sure to test these cases. This is the solution we use used in InAppSettingsKit:

- (void)_keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification*)notification {
    if (self.navigationController.topViewController == self) {
        NSDictionary* userInfo = [notification userInfo];

        // we don't use SDK constants here to be universally compatible with all SDKs ≥ 3.0
        NSValue* keyboardFrameValue = [userInfo objectForKey:@"UIKeyboardBoundsUserInfoKey"];
        if (!keyboardFrameValue) {
            keyboardFrameValue = [userInfo objectForKey:@"UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey"];
        }

        // Reduce the tableView height by the part of the keyboard that actually covers the tableView
        CGRect windowRect = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow].bounds;
        if (UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft == self.interfaceOrientation ||UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight == self.interfaceOrientation ) {
            windowRect = IASKCGRectSwap(windowRect);
        }
        CGRect viewRectAbsolute = [_tableView convertRect:_tableView.bounds toView:[[UIApplication sharedApplication] keyWindow]];
        if (UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft == self.interfaceOrientation ||UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight == self.interfaceOrientation ) {
            viewRectAbsolute = IASKCGRectSwap(viewRectAbsolute);
        }
        CGRect frame = _tableView.frame;
        frame.size.height -= [keyboardFrameValue CGRectValue].size.height - CGRectGetMaxY(windowRect) + CGRectGetMaxY(viewRectAbsolute);

        [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
        [UIView setAnimationDuration:[[userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue]];
        [UIView setAnimationCurve:[[userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] intValue]];
        _tableView.frame = frame;
        [UIView commitAnimations];

        UITableViewCell *textFieldCell = (id)((UITextField *)self.currentFirstResponder).superview.superview;
        NSIndexPath *textFieldIndexPath = [_tableView indexPathForCell:textFieldCell];

        // iOS 3 sends hide and show notifications right after each other
        // when switching between textFields, so cancel -scrollToOldPosition requests
        [NSObject cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget:self];

        [_tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:textFieldIndexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated:YES];
    }
}

- (void) scrollToOldPosition {
  [_tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:_topmostRowBeforeKeyboardWasShown atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES];
}

- (void)_keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification*)notification {
    if (self.navigationController.topViewController == self) {
        NSDictionary* userInfo = [notification userInfo];

        [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
        [UIView setAnimationDuration:[[userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue]];
        [UIView setAnimationCurve:[[userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] intValue]];
        _tableView.frame = self.view.bounds;
        [UIView commitAnimations];

        [self performSelector:@selector(scrollToOldPosition) withObject:nil afterDelay:0.1];
    }
}   

Here's the full code of the class in InAppSettingsKit. To test it, use the "Complete List" child pane where you can test the scenarios mentioned above.

Answer 25

My approach:

I first subclass UITextField and add an indexPath property. In the cellFor... Method i hand over the indexPath property.

Then I add following code:

UITableViewCell *cell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:textField.indexPath];

CGPoint cellPoint = [cell convertPoint:textField.center toView:self.tableView];
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 animations:^(void){self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, cellPoint.y-50);}];

to the textFieldShould/WillBegin...etc.

When the Keyboard disappears you have to reverse it with:

[UIView animateWithDuration:0.3 animations:^(void){self.tableView.contentOffset = CGPointMake(0, 0);}];

Answer 26

I think there is no "right" way to do this. You have to choose the best fit solution for your use case. In my iPad App I have a UIViewController that is presented modal as UIModalPresentationFormSheet and consists of an UITableView. This table contains two UITextFields per cell. Just calling scrollToRowAtIndexPath:atScrollPosition:animated: in the textFieldDidBeginEditing: method doesn't work for me. Therefore I have created a tableFooterView:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    m_footerView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, m_tableView.frame.size.width, 300.0f)];
    [m_footerView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
    [m_tableView setTableFooterView:m_footerView];
    [m_footerView release];
}

The idea is that keyboard hides the tableFooterView and not the UITextFields. So the tableFooterView must be high enough. After that you can use scrollToRowAtIndexPath:atScrollPosition:animated: in the textFieldDidBeginEditing: method.

I think it's also possible to show and hide the tableFooterView dynamically by adding the observers for the keyboard notifications but I haven't tried it yet:

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

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self 
                                             selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:) 
                                                 name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification 
                                               object:nil];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self 
                                             selector:@selector(keyboardWillHide:) 
                                                 name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification 
                                               object:nil];
}

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)notification 
{
     [m_tableView setTableFooterView:m_footerView];
}

- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)notification 
{
     [m_tableView setTableFooterView:nil];
}

- (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];
}

Answer 27

I have just solved such a problem by myself after I referred a mass of solutions found via Google and Stack Overflow.

First, please assure that you have set up an IBOutlet of your UIScrollView, Then please take a close look at Apple Doc: Keyboard Management. Finally, if you can scroll the background, but the keyboard still covers the Text Fields, please have a look at this piece of code:

// If active text field is hidden by keyboard, scroll it so it's visible
// Your application might not need or want this behavior.
CGRect aRect = self.view.frame;
aRect.size.height -= kbSize.height;

if (aRect.size.height < activeField.frame.origin.y+activeField.frame.size.height) {

    CGPoint scrollPoint = CGPointMake(0.0, activeField.frame.origin.y+activeField.frame.size.height-aRect.size.height);

    [scrollView setContentOffset:scrollPoint animated:YES];

The main difference between this piece and Apple's lies in the if condition. I believe apple's calculation of scroll distance and condition of whether text field covered by keyboard are not accurate, so I made my modification as above.

Let me know if it works

Answer 28

i may have missed this, as i didn't read the whole post here, but what i came up with seems deceptively simple. i haven't put this through the wringer, testing in all situations, but it seems like it should work just fine.

simply adjust the contentInset of the tableview by the height of the keyboard, and then scroll the cell to the bottom:

- (void)keyboardWasShown:(NSNotification *)aNotification
{
    NSDictionary* info = [aNotification userInfo];
    CGSize kbSize = [[info objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;

    UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 0.0, kbSize.height, 0.0);
    self.myTableView.contentInset = contentInsets;
    self.myTableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets;

    [self.myTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:self.currentField.indexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionBottom animated:YES];
}

and of course

- (void)keyboardWasHidden:(NSNotification *)aNotification
{
    [UIView animateWithDuration:.3 animations:^(void) 
    {
        self.myTableView.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
        self.myTableView.scrollIndicatorInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
    }];
}

is this too simple? am i missing something? so far it is working for me fine, but as i said, i haven't put it through the wringer...

Answer 29

Here is how I made this work, which is a mixture of Sam Ho and Marcel W's answers, and some of my own bug fixes made to my crappy code. I was using a UITableViewController. The table now resizes correctly when the keyboard is shown.

1) In viewDidLoad I added:

self.tableView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;

2) I had forgotten to call the super equivalents in viewWillAppear and awakeFromNib. I added these back in.

Answer 30

Very interesting discussion thread, i also faced the same problem may be worse one because

1. I was using a custom cell and the textfield was inside that.
2. I had to use UIViewController to meet my requirements so cant take advantage of UITableViewController.
3. I had filter/ sort criterias in my table cell, ie ur cells keeps on changing and keeping track of the indexpath and all will not help.

So read the threads here and implemented my version, which helped me in pushing up my contents in iPad in landscape mode. Here is code ( this is not fool proof and all, but it fixed my issue) First u need to have a delegate in your custom cell class, which on editing begins, sends the textfield to ur viewcontroller and set the activefield = theTextField there

// IMPLEMENTED TO HANDLE LANDSCAPE MODE ONLY

- (void)keyboardWasShown:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
    NSDictionary* info = [aNotification userInfo];
    CGSize kbValue = [[info objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
    CGRect aRect = myTable.frame;

    CGSize kbSize = CGSizeMake(kbValue.height, kbValue.width);

    aRect.size.height -= kbSize.height+50;
// This will the exact rect in which your textfield is present
        CGRect rect =  [myTable convertRect:activeField.bounds fromView:activeField];
// Scroll up only if required
    if (!CGRectContainsPoint(aRect, rect.origin) ) {


            [myTable setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0.0, rect.origin.y) animated:YES];

    }


}

// Called when the UIKeyboardWillHideNotification is sent

- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification*)aNotification
{
    UIEdgeInsets contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero;
    myTable.contentInset = contentInsets;
    myTable.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets;
    NSDictionary* info = [aNotification userInfo];
    CGSize kbValue = [[info objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] CGRectValue].size;
    CGSize kbSize = CGSizeMake(kbValue.height, kbValue.width);
    CGRect bkgndRect = activeField.superview.frame;
    bkgndRect.size.height += kbSize.height;
    [activeField.superview setFrame:bkgndRect];
    [myTable setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0.0, 10.0) animated:YES];
}

-anoop4real