Programmatically changing keyboard type on iOS does nothing

Question

I want to change keyboard type from default to numeric after user pressed return button. However after setting keyboardType property nothing happens.

My code:

-(BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
{
    [textField setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation];

    return YES;
}

I have set myself as text field delegate and the method is being called after pressing return button.

EDIT: Solved by

-(BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
{
    [textField setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation];
    [textField reloadInputViews];
    return YES;
}

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7301018/programmatically-change-uitextfield-keyboard-type — Rushabh, Sep 27 '12 at 10:40
You might want to try the solution posted in this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1594346/dynamically-changing-keyboard-type-for-a-uisearchbar — henning77, Sep 27 '12 at 10:52
Possible duplicate of [Programmatically change UITextField Keyboard type](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7301018/programmatically-change-uitextfield-keyboard-type) — Parth Patel, Jul 11 '19 at 09:50

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '12 at 10:53

27

Try this:

-(BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
{
    [textField setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation];
    [textField reloadInputViews];
    return YES;
}

answered Sep 27 '12 at 10:53

pro_metedor

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@Kladimir if any answer helps and perfectly answers your question you should mark it as accepted using the correct sign below the answer points and vote arrows. – Himanshu A Jadav Sep 27 '12 at 11:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '19 at 10:44

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You can do this in the Text Input Traits section under the Attributes inspector.

answered Nov 21 '19 at 10:44

Muhammad Zaheer

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Programmatically changing keyboard type on iOS does nothing

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