I need help getting my keyboard to retract(disappear)

[shabzcohelp]

I know this has been mentioned many times in this forum, but I have searched and could not get any of them to work.

I need a code to have my keyboard go back down after the user presses the return button or touches somewhere else on the screen. This code needs to be all programmatic as I did not use Interface Builder for this. I hope someone can help.

here is my code in the .m file

- (void)viewDidLoad {
	CGRect frame = CGRectMake(20.0, 68.0, 280.0, 31.0);
	UITextField *textField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
	
	self.string = textField.text;
	

	
    textField.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
	
    textField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleBezel;

	
    textField.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeSentences;
	
    textField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeAlphabet;
	
    textField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDefault;
	
	textField.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
	[textField resignFirstResponder];
	
    [self.view addSubview:textField];

Thanks in advance

[dapis]

Originally Posted by shabzcohelp

I know this has been mentioned many times in this forum, but I have searched and could not get any of them to work.

I need a code to have my keyboard go back down after the user presses the return button or touches somewhere else on the screen. This code needs to be all programmatic as I did not use Interface Builder for this. I hope someone can help.

here is my code in the .m file

- (void)viewDidLoad {
	CGRect frame = CGRectMake(20.0, 68.0, 280.0, 31.0);
	UITextField *textField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
	
	self.string = textField.text;
	

	
    textField.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentLeft;
	
    textField.borderStyle = UITextBorderStyleBezel;

	
    textField.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeSentences;
	
    textField.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeAlphabet;
	
    textField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDefault;
	
	textField.textColor = [UIColor redColor];
	[textField resignFirstResponder];
	
    [self.view addSubview:textField];

Thanks in advance

texField becomes the first responder when the user touches the textField. To dismiss textField, you should then send it the resignFirstResponder message. Here it appears you are sending the resignFirstResponder message before textField even appears.

You might also make sure that you've set your viewContoller to be the delegate of the textField.

[shabzcohelp]

Originally Posted by dapis

texField becomes the first responder when the user touches the textField. To dismiss textField, you should then send it the resignFirstResponder message. Here it appears you are sending the resignFirstResponder message before textField even appears.

You might also make sure that you've set your viewContoller to be the delegate of the textField.

Would there be a way you could show me how exactly I would do that. I would really appreciate the help. I have been trying to figure this out for quite some time.

Thanks for response

[dapis]

Originally Posted by shabzcohelp

Would there be a way you could show me how exactly I would do that. I would really appreciate the help. I have been trying to figure this out for quite some time.

Thanks for response

This is one of the most common things in iPhone code. You will easily find tons of examples of how to do this in various books, and/or with a Google Search.

Apple's online code examples also have several illustrations of this. For instance, see the UICatalog example.

[shabzcohelp]

Originally Posted by dapis

This is one of the most common things in iPhone code. You will easily find tons of examples of how to do this in various books, and/or with a Google Search.

Apple's online code examples also have several illustrations of this. For instance, see the UICatalog example.

Amazing, thank you so much. Just checked out the UICatalog project and it has tons of information that I needed.
Thanks again, I really appreciate it