Open view when tapping the text field without opening the keyboard

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I am developing an app in which I want to open a view when the user clicks on a text field but I don't want to open the keyboard. How can I achieve this?

create a fake textfield or extend the textfield – Cerlin Mar 07 '18 at 11:41 — Cerlin, Mar 07 '18 at 11:41

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '18 at 11:41

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You can easily achieve it by setting an empty custom input view to the textField:

textField.inputView = UIView(frame: CGRect.zero)

Then the textField can become first responder normally, but this view (with zero frame) will be presented instead of the keyboard.

answered Mar 07 '18 at 11:41

Milan Nosáľ

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where I have to write this code. Which delegate should I have to call? – Wings Mar 07 '18 at 12:00
@V_rohit no need for a delegate, just set it anywhere where you configure the textField (that one line is all you need, call it once at the beginning when you configure the textfield) – Milan Nosáľ Mar 07 '18 at 12:11
Okay Its working – Wings Mar 07 '18 at 13:24

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 07 '18 at 11:41

Set your ViewController as your TextFields delegate using

self.yourTextfield.delegate = self

and now implement the UITextFieldDelegate as shown below

extension ViewController : UITextFieldDelegate {
    func textFieldShouldBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool   {
        //Load your VC here
        return false
    }
}

Thats all :) Hope it helps

Kaushik Makwana · Answer 3 · 2018-03-07T11:50:20.650

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You can use below textField Delegate Method

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
        yourTextField.resignFirstResponder()
        //code for show view
    }

Hope it will help!

edited Mar 07 '18 at 11:50

answered Mar 07 '18 at 11:42

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 07 '18 at 11:42

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You can simply add a tap gesture recognizer to the text field.

let tapGestRec = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(textFieldTapped))
textField.addGestureRecognizer(tapGestRec)

answered Mar 07 '18 at 11:42

Tamás Sengel

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Open view when tapping the text field without opening the keyboard

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