Text Exiting In a UITableView

[simon88]

I have a problem. I have a UITableView, and for one of the cells I have an editable UITextField. For the other fields I am populating labels using a UIPickerView/UIDateView.

When editing the text field, the keyboard pops-up, and I have a "Done" key that will resignFirstResponder to make it go away. All works fine!

The issue is, should a user not press the "Done" key and simply select another table row, the UIPickerView pops-up behind the keyboard, causing a potentially confusing situation (i.e. the user can't see the picker).

So, my question is how can I call resignFirstResponder on a UITextField that exists as a subview of a table cell? or is there another way to force the end of editing?
Thanks for any suggestions

[pjlocko]

there may be a way around what you are doing but I decided to go a slightly differnt route to make it look cleaner and leave less room for problems.

I have an edit button that allows the table to go into edit mode. When a cell is selected i show a subview with a text box and make the text box the first responder so the keyboard is already there waiting for input. I also have a custom button (invisible) that is the size of the view so I can capture a screen click as well as the done button. The user then has to press the done button or screen click to remove the subview and get back to the table view. Once back at the table view, I have a save button to make the permanent change to a sqlite db.

Like I said, there may be a better way - but this way forces the user to do things my way.

Good luck

Paul

[simon88]

Ah-ha an invisible button, great idea. That would certainly make the editing more user friendly.
Paul, I appreciate the response
Thanks
Simon