Close iOS Keyboard by touching anywhere using Swift

I have been looking all over for this but I can't seem to find it. I know how to dismiss the keyboard using Objective-C but I have no idea how to do that using Swift? Does anyone know?

Solution 1:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
          
    //Looks for single or multiple taps. 
     let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(UIInputViewController.dismissKeyboard))

    //Uncomment the line below if you want the tap not not interfere and cancel other interactions.
    //tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false 

    view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
}

//Calls this function when the tap is recognized.
@objc func dismissKeyboard() {
    //Causes the view (or one of its embedded text fields) to resign the first responder status.
    view.endEditing(true)
}

Here is another way to do this task if you are going to use this functionality in multiple UIViewControllers:

// Put this piece of code anywhere you like
extension UIViewController {
    func hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() {
        let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(UIViewController.dismissKeyboard))
        tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false            
        view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
    }
    
    @objc func dismissKeyboard() {
        view.endEditing(true)
    }
}

Now in every UIViewController, all you have to do is call this function:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() 
}

This function is included as a standard function in my repo which contains a lot of useful Swift Extensions like this one, check it out: https://github.com/goktugyil/EZSwiftExtensions

Solution 2:

An answer to your question on how to dismiss the keyboard in Xcode 6.1 using Swift below:

import UIKit

class ItemViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate {

    @IBOutlet var textFieldItemName: UITextField!

    @IBOutlet var textFieldQt: UITextField!

    @IBOutlet var textFieldMoreInfo: UITextField!


    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        textFieldItemName.delegate = self
        textFieldQt.delegate = self
        textFieldMoreInfo.delegate = self
    }

                       ...

    /**
     * Called when 'return' key pressed. return NO to ignore.
     */
    func textFieldShouldReturn(textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        textField.resignFirstResponder()
        return true
    }


   /**
    * Called when the user click on the view (outside the UITextField).
    */
    override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
        self.view.endEditing(true)
    }

}

(Source of this information).

Solution 3:

Swift 4 working

Create extension as below & call hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() in your Base view controller.

//
//  UIViewController+Extension.swift
//  Project Name
//
//  Created by ABC on 2/3/18.
//  Copyright © 2018 ABC. All rights reserved.
//

import UIKit

extension UIViewController {
    func hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() {
        let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, 
                         action: #selector(hideKeyboard))
        view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)
    }

    @objc func hideKeyboard() {
        view.endEditing(true)
    }
}

Most important thing to call in your Base View Controller so that no need to call all time in all view controllers.