[textField resignFirstResponder]; makes sure the keyboard is dismissed.
Make sure you're setting your view/viewcontroller to be the UITextField's delegate after you init the textfield in the .m:
yourTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:yourFrame];
//....
//....
//Setting the textField's properties
//....
//The next line is important!!
yourTextField.delegate = self; //self references the viewcontroller or view your textField is on
After quite a bit of time hunting down something that makes sense, this is what I put together and it worked like a charm.
.h
//
// ViewController.h
// demoKeyboardScrolling
//
// Created by Chris Cantley on 11/14/13.
// Copyright (c) 2013 Chris Cantley. All rights reserved.
//
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@interface ViewController : UIViewController <UITextFieldDelegate>
// Connect your text field to this the below property.
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextField *theTextField;
@end
.m
//
// ViewController.m
// demoKeyboardScrolling
//
// Created by Chris Cantley on 11/14/13.
// Copyright (c) 2013 Chris Cantley. All rights reserved.
//
#import "ViewController.h"
@interface ViewController ()
@end
@implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// _theTextField is the name of the parameter designated in the .h file.
_theTextField.returnKeyType = UIReturnKeyDone;
[_theTextField setDelegate:self];
}
// This part is more dynamic as it closes the keyboard regardless of what text field
// is being used when pressing return.
// You might want to control every single text field separately but that isn't
// what this code do.
-(void)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
{
[textField resignFirstResponder];
}
@end
Set the Delegate of the UITextField to your ViewController, add a referencing outlet between the File's Owner and the UITextField, then implement this method: