UITextField language

[Werdan]

Hi everybody.

I am developing an app now which will be a word game. It will feature support for few languages.

The problem that I am facing now is that in the game view the user will need to input the information in the language of the game to play it. This language might not be the same as the language of the system. It will be one of the supported languages though.

Most importantly, the user might not have a keyboard for this language set up in his/her settings! Say, the user's native language is English, but he wants to play the game in Russian. He can switch the language easily, but when he taps on the text field I need to present the appropriate keyboard to him.

Is there a way to change the language of the keyboard when text field is being pressed?

If no, then is there a way to adjust the settings of the system? I would automatically enable the necessary keyboard and then return those settings to the initial state...

The last thing I want to do is designing my own keyboard, as, for example, there is no way to design a better keyabord for chinese than what Apple is using.

Thanks in advance!

[Werdan]

Originally Posted by Werdan

Hi everybody.

I am developing an app now which will be a word game. It will feature support for few languages.

The problem that I am facing now is that in the game view the user will need to input the information in the language of the game to play it. This language might not be the same as the language of the system. It will be one of the supported languages though.

Most importantly, the user might not have a keyboard for this language set up in his/her settings! Say, the user's native language is English, but he wants to play the game in Russian. He can switch the language easily, but when he taps on the text field I need to present the appropriate keyboard to him.

Is there a way to change the language of the keyboard when text field is being pressed?

If no, then is there a way to adjust the settings of the system? I would automatically enable the necessary keyboard and then return those settings to the initial state...

The last thing I want to do is designing my own keyboard, as, for example, there is no way to design a better keyabord for chinese than what Apple is using.

Thanks in advance!

As the last hope – I need to know the language of the current keyboard (even read-only property) so that I can present a warning if the user uses a wrong keyboard.

Thanks!