// dismiss keyboard (mostly macro)
[[UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate dismissKeyboard]; // call this in your to app dismiss the keybaord
// --- dismiss keyboard (in indexAppDelegate.h) (mostly macro)
- (void)dismissKeyboard;
// --- dismiss keyboard (in indexAppDelegate.m) (mostly macro)
// do this from anywhere to dismiss the keybard
- (void)dismissKeyboard { // from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/741185/easy-way-to-dismiss-keyboard
UITextField *tempTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
UIViewController *myRootViewController = <#viewController#>; // for simple apps (INPUT: viewController is whatever your root controller is called. Probably is a way to determine this progragrammatically)
UIViewController *uivc;
if (myRootViewController.navigationController != nil) { // for when there is a nav stack
uivc = myRootViewController.navigationController;
} else {
uivc = myRootViewController;
}
if (uivc.modalViewController != nil) { // for when there is something modal
uivc = uivc.modalViewController;
}
[uivc.view addSubview:tempTextField];
[tempTextField becomeFirstResponder];
[tempTextField resignFirstResponder];
[tempTextField removeFromSuperview];
[tempTextField release];
}
Add the keyboard show/hide responders. There you add and remove the TapGestureRecognizer to the UIView that should dismiss the keyboard when tapped. Note: You do not have to add it to all of the sub-views or controls.
The nice thing about this solution is that it only filters for Taps, not swipes. So if you have scrolling content above the keyboard, swipes will still scroll and leave the keyboard displayed. By removing the gesture recognizer after the keyboard is gone, future taps on your view get handled normally.
- (void) dismissKeyboard {
NSArray *windows = [UIApplication sharedApplication].windows;
for(UIWindow *window in windows) [window endEditing:true];
// Or if you're only working with one UIWindow:
[[UIApplication sharedApplication].keyWindow endEditing:true];
}