Prevent ipad from closing the virtual keyboard on keyboard extension

Asked Oct 08 '21 at 17:16

Active Oct 19 '21 at 09:45

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i know this is a designed part of the ipad to close the keyboard when the hardware keyboard is connected (which make sense). I understand but since ipadOS 15, the virtual keyboard will hide everytime a key is pressed on the hardware keyboard. This was not the case before, you could open it back and use it. We have a prediction keyboard extension which help childrens suffering dyslexia to write. I can't seem to find any documentation on this but is there a private API or something to prevent a virtual keyboard from closing inside a keyboard extension. I can see 'Grammarly' app doing it so it is possible.

So far i can detect if a hardware keyboard is connected using the GameController SDK :

let isKeyboardConnected = GCKeyboard.coalesced != nil

This is not working too inside a keyboard extension

public func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
     return false
}

I need to see my virtual keyboard at the same time as typing with the hardware keyboard in order to see the prediction view.

Thanks

edited Oct 08 '21 at 17:22

asked Oct 08 '21 at 17:16

hugo411

Its a keyboard extension app, i need to view the virtual keyboard on every textfield. When the hardware keyboard is connected, i can show at the bottom only a view for prediction but right now, everytime i hit a key, the keyboard closes. – hugo411 Oct 08 '21 at 17:21
Have you use custom keyboard with input view? – Jayesh Patel Oct 13 '21 at 05:38
no i have no idea can you explain? – hugo411 Oct 14 '21 at 16:02
did you get any solution ?@hugo411 – bhumi Oct 19 '21 at 09:33
not yet, the keyboard extension limitation are a pain – hugo411 Oct 19 '21 at 18:15
any idea @JayeshPatel? – hugo411 Oct 21 '21 at 12:42
hey @hugo411 did you find any solution on this issue ? – bhumi Nov 30 '21 at 07:20
No im stuck forever – hugo411 Dec 10 '21 at 20:33
hey @hugo411 any solution ? I'm still stuck with this problem, – bhumi Feb 03 '22 at 05:39

Prevent ipad from closing the virtual keyboard on keyboard extension

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