Detecting a touch NOT on a UITextField (to make keyboard hide)

Question

I have some UITextFields which bring the keyboard open.

My question is, how can I detect a touch on the screen that is NOT in ANY UITextField

Pseudocode of what I need:

if(screen is touched)
   if(touched view is NOT a UITextField)
      [self.view endEditing:YES];

Is there an easy way to accomplish this? Or another easier way to hide the keyboard when a UITextField is not touched?

Thanks!

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 26 '15 at 20:42

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Just add UITapGestureRecognizer to your view and use [self.view endEditing:YES];

- (void)addTapGesutre {
    UITapGestureRecognizer *tapGesture = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]  initWithTarget:self
                                                                             action:@selector(handleTapGesture:)];
    tapGesture.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:tapGesture];
}

- (void)handleTapGesture:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)tap {
    if (tap.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
        [self keyboardDismiss];
    }
}

- (void)keyboardDismiss {
    [self.view endEditing:YES];
}

edited Sep 26 '15 at 20:42

rmaddy

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answered Sep 26 '15 at 20:28

Ros

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Thanks, this works, however it doesn't work for views that already detect taps (i.e. buttons). For those, I just added `[self keyboardDismiss]` to their IBActions. – user1282637 Sep 26 '15 at 20:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '15 at 20:06

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You can actually use the touches began method.

Look at the documentation here.

override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
    view.endEditing(true)
}

From the documentation -

If you override this method without calling super (a common use pattern), you must also override the other methods for handling touch events, if only as stub (empty) implementations.

answered Sep 26 '15 at 20:06

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FYI - the question is tagged Objective-C. Answers should be posted in the appropriate language. – rmaddy Sep 26 '15 at 20:42

Detecting a touch NOT on a UITextField (to make keyboard hide)

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