How to detect ios numberpad delete press

Question

dose anyone know how to detect a delete press from a numberpad in ios?

Answer 1

If you're using a UITextField, your delegate's textField:shouldChangeCharactersInRange:replacementString: will be called with a range of length 1 and an empty replacement string. If nothing is deleted, however, you will get no notification.

If you're using a UITextView, your delegate's textView:shouldChangeTextInRange:replacementText: will be called with a range of length 1 and an empty replacement string. If nothing is deleted, however, you will get no notification.

If you're using your own class that implements UIKeyInput, deleteBackward is supposed to be called. I don't know whether a class implementing UITextInput (which itself includes UIKeyInput) might ever have replaceRange:withText: or setMarkedText:selectedRange: called instead with a range of length 1 and an empty replacement string, or what might happen in those cases if there is nothing to delete.

Answer 2

If you are implementing something like a passcode, I think a hidden textfield would be preferable, and more controls.