How to hide keyboard on touch UITableView in iOS Obj-C

Question

I am new in iOS development. I want to hide the keyboard when tapping outside of a TextField. My TextField is in a cell from an UITableView.

I have tried to follow some of those links, however without any success--

Dismiss keyboard on touch anywhere outside UITextField

Dismiss keyboard by touching background of UITableView

Hide keyboard when scroll UITableView

I am trying to find the simplest way possible. Thanks in advance

possible duplicate of [Dismiss keyboard on touch anywhere outside UITextField](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11274119/dismiss-keyboard-on-touch-anywhere-outside-uitextfield) — rghome, Jun 25 '15 at 11:05
There are shorter methods as well in that question. It is the same question, I believe. — rghome, Jun 25 '15 at 11:11
-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { [self.view endEditing:YES]; } — Sabby, Jun 02 '16 at 09:42

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '15 at 11:05

This is the simplest way to dismiss keyboard

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
    UITapGestureRecognizer *gestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(hideKeyboard)];
    [tableView addGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];
}
- (void)hideKeyboard
{
    [self.view endEditing:YES];
}

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '15 at 07:25

It's not about touch, only working when scroll

TableView.keyboardDismissMode = UIScrollViewKeyboardDismissModeOnDrag;

also have

UIScrollViewKeyboardDismissModeInteractive // the keyboard follows the dragging touch off screen, and may be pulled upward again to cancel the dismiss

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 25 '15 at 11:17

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you can use Tap gesture to hide keyboard.

- (void) tapGesture : (UIGestureRecognizer *) gestureRecognizer {   
    for (UIView *subview in view.subviews) {
        if([subview isKindOfClass : [UITextField class]] ) {
            UITextField *tf = (UITextField *) subview;
            [tf resignFirstResponder];
        } 
    }
}

edited Jun 25 '15 at 11:17

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answered Jun 25 '15 at 11:04

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 25 '15 at 11:04

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Add delegate class UITextFieldDelegate

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

answered Jun 25 '15 at 11:04

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 25 '15 at 11:05

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You'll need to add an UITapGestureRecogniser and assign it to the view, and then call resign first responder on the textfield on it's selector.

answered Jun 25 '15 at 11:05

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 25 '15 at 11:26

Try This code Write following code in viewDidLoad and add UIGestureRecognizerDelegate in .h file.

    UITapGestureRecognizer *singleFingerTap =
[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
                                        action:@selector(handleSingleTap:)];
[singleFingerTap setDelegate:self];
[self.view addGestureRecognizer:singleFingerTap];

// Listen for keyboard appearances and disappearances

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self 
                                     selector:@selector(keyboardDidShow:)
                                         name:UIKeyboardDidShowNotification
                                       object:nil];

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                     selector:@selector(keyboardDidHide:)
                                         name:UIKeyboardDidHideNotification
                                       object:nil];

Delegates of keyboard Appearances and disappearances

- (void)keyboardDidShow: (NSNotification *) notif{
 // Do something here
  tblview.tag = 1;
}
- (void)keyboardDidHide: (NSNotification *) notif{
// Do something here
tblview.tag = 0;
}

UITapGestureRecognizer event function for hide keyboard

- (void)handleSingleTap:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer {
   blview.tag = 0;
  [self.view endEditing:YES];
 }

UIGestureRecognizer delegate

-(BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer{
if(tblview.tag == 1){
    return TRUE;
}
else{
    return FALSE;
   }
}

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 11 '15 at 06:16

I am using the solution in two parts:

To dismiss keyboard on tableview/collectionview tap:

UITapGestureRecognizer *gestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(hideKeyboard)];
gestureRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView= NO;
[self.collectionView addGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];

(Don't forget cancelsTouchesInView set to NO to get touch event of tableview/collection view)

To dismiss keyboard on scroll (as tableview/collectionview are subclass of UIScrollView):

- (void)scrollViewDidEndDragging:(UIScrollView *)scrollView willDecelerate:(BOOL)decelerate {
     [self.view endEditing:YES];
}

Hope it helps somebody.

Sabby · Answer 8 · 2016-06-02T10:20:17.183

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This will help you..

-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{ 
 [self.view endEditing:YES]; 
}

edited Jun 02 '16 at 10:20

answered Jun 02 '16 at 09:47

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 27 '16 at 10:25

The easiest way is to alloc a tap Gesture in viewDidLoad and then hide keyboard

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
    UITapGestureRecognizer *gestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(hideKeyboard)];
    [_tableView addGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];
}
- (void)hideKeyboard
{
    [self.view endEditing:YES];
}

Or on github you certainly found a library that hide your keyboard

How to hide keyboard on touch UITableView in iOS Obj-C

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