How to open the keyboard automatically on UITextField?

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I have a very simple table and when tocuh a cell it opens a new view with one UITextfield. All I want is that the keyboard will automatically opens, without the user have to touch the UITextfield.

Its all done in Interface Builder, so I am not sure how I do this. I guess I need to set the focus at some point ?

Thanks

builder uitextfield objective-c interface iphone
4 Answers

To cause the keyboard to show up immediately you'll need to set the text field as the first responder using the following line:

[textField becomeFirstResponder];

You may want to place this in the viewDidAppear: method.

user_1517920

Swift 3 & 4:

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)
    textField.becomeFirstResponder()
}
user_40893500 
override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    textField.becomeFirstResponder()
}
user_50602690

Prefer adding the first responder on the main thread -

 override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)
    self.textField.becomeFirstResponder()
}

This will come in handy when the view controller view is added as a subview.

user_47083660
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