Move view with keyboard using Swift
I have an app that has a text field on the lower half of the view. This means that when I go to type in the text field the keyboard covers the textfield.
How would I go about moving the view upwards while typing so I can see what i'm typing and then moving it back down to its original place when the keyboard disappears?
I've looked everywhere but all the solutions appear to be in Obj-C which I can't quite convert just yet.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here is a solution, without handling the switch from one textField to another:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("keyboardWillShow:"), name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("keyboardWillHide:"), name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}
func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.CGRectValue() {
self.view.frame.origin.y -= keyboardSize.height
}
}
func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
self.view.frame.origin.y = 0
}
To solve this, replace the two functions keyboardWillShow/Hide with these:
func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.CGRectValue() {
if view.frame.origin.y == 0 {
self.view.frame.origin.y -= keyboardSize.height
}
}
}
func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
if view.frame.origin.y != 0 {
self.view.frame.origin.y = 0
}
}
Swift 3.0:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ViewController.keyboardWillShow), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ViewController.keyboardWillHide), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
}
@objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
if self.view.frame.origin.y == 0 {
self.view.frame.origin.y -= keyboardSize.height
}
}
}
@objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
if self.view.frame.origin.y != 0 {
self.view.frame.origin.y = 0
}
}
Swift 4.0:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ViewController.keyboardWillShow), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ViewController.keyboardWillHide), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
}
@objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
if self.view.frame.origin.y == 0 {
self.view.frame.origin.y -= keyboardSize.height
}
}
}
@objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
if self.view.frame.origin.y != 0 {
self.view.frame.origin.y = 0
}
}
Swift 4.2:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}
@objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
if self.view.frame.origin.y == 0 {
self.view.frame.origin.y -= keyboardSize.height
}
}
}
@objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
if self.view.frame.origin.y != 0 {
self.view.frame.origin.y = 0
}
}
Easiest way that doesn't even require any code:
- Download KeyboardLayoutConstraint.swift and add (drag & drop) the file into your project, if you're not using the Spring animation framework already.
- In your storyboard, create a bottom constraint for the View or Textfield, select the constraint (double-click it) and in the Identity Inspector, change its class from NSLayoutConstraint to KeyboardLayoutConstraint.
- Done!
The object will auto-move up with the keyboard, in sync.
One of the popular answers on this thread uses the following code:
func keyboardWillShow(sender: NSNotification) {
self.view.frame.origin.y -= 150
}
func keyboardWillHide(sender: NSNotification) {
self.view.frame.origin.y += 150
}
There's an obvious problem with offsetting your view by a static amount. It'll look nice on one device but will look bad on any other size configuration. You'll need to get the keyboards height and use that as your offset value.
Here's a solution that works on all devices and handles the edge-case where the user hides the predictive text field while typing.
Solution
Important to note below, we're passing self.view.window in as our object parameter. This will provide us with data from our Keyboard, such as its height!
@IBOutlet weak var messageField: UITextField!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("keyboardWillShow:"), name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: self.view.window)
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: Selector("keyboardWillHide:"), name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: self.view.window)
}
func keyboardWillHide(sender: NSNotification) {
let userInfo: [NSObject : AnyObject] = sender.userInfo!
let keyboardSize: CGSize = userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey]!.CGRectValue.size
self.view.frame.origin.y += keyboardSize.height
}
We'll make it look nice on all devices and handle the case where the user adds or removes the predictive text field.
func keyboardWillShow(sender: NSNotification) {
let userInfo: [NSObject : AnyObject] = sender.userInfo!
let keyboardSize: CGSize = userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey]!.CGRectValue.size
let offset: CGSize = userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey]!.CGRectValue.size
if keyboardSize.height == offset.height {
UIView.animateWithDuration(0.1, animations: { () -> Void in
self.view.frame.origin.y -= keyboardSize.height
})
} else {
UIView.animateWithDuration(0.1, animations: { () -> Void in
self.view.frame.origin.y += keyboardSize.height - offset.height
})
}
}
Remove Observers
Don't forget to remove your observers before you leave the view to prevent unnecessary messages from being transmitted.
override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self, name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: self.view.window)
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self, name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: self.view.window)
}
Update based on question from comments:
If you have two or more text-fields, you can check to see if your view.frame.origin.y is at zero.
func keyboardWillShow(sender: NSNotification) {
let userInfo: [NSObject : AnyObject] = sender.userInfo!
let keyboardSize: CGSize = userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey]!.CGRectValue.size
let offset: CGSize = userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey]!.CGRectValue.size
if keyboardSize.height == offset.height {
if self.view.frame.origin.y == 0 {
UIView.animateWithDuration(0.1, animations: { () -> Void in
self.view.frame.origin.y -= keyboardSize.height
})
}
} else {
UIView.animateWithDuration(0.1, animations: { () -> Void in
self.view.frame.origin.y += keyboardSize.height - offset.height
})
}
print(self.view.frame.origin.y)
}
Not an advertisement or promotion or spam, just a good solution. I know that this question has nearly 30 answers and I'm so shocked that no one even mentioned once about this beautiful GitHub project that does it all for you and even better. All the answers just move the view upwards. I just solved all my problems with this IQKeyboardManager. It has 13000+ stars.
Just add this in your podfile if you are using swift
pod 'IQKeyboardManagerSwift'
and then inside your AppDelegate.swift do import IQKeyboardManagerSwift
import IQKeyboardManagerSwift
@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
var window: UIWindow?
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
IQKeyboardManager.shared.enable = true // just add this line
return true
}
}
Add the line IQKeyboardManager.shared.enable = true to enable it
This solution is a must if you are going for production.
I improved one of the answers a bit to make it work with different keyboards & different textviews/fields on one page:
Add observers:
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillAppear(animated)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillChange(notification:)), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillChangeFrameNotification, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}
func keyboardWillHide() {
self.view.frame.origin.y = 0
}
func keyboardWillChange(notification: NSNotification) {
if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
if YOURTEXTVIEW.isFirstResponder {
self.view.frame.origin.y = -keyboardSize.height
}
}
}
Remove observers:
override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: UIResponder.keyboardWillChangeFrameNotification, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}