How to detect when keyboard is shown and hidden

Solution 1:

In the ViewDidLoad method of your class set up to listen for messages about the keyboard:

// Listen for keyboard appearances and disappearances
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self 
                                         selector:@selector(keyboardDidShow:)
                                             name:UIKeyboardDidShowNotification
                                           object:nil];

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                         selector:@selector(keyboardDidHide:)
                                             name:UIKeyboardDidHideNotification
                                           object:nil];

Then in the methods you specify (in this case keyboardDidShow and keyboardDidHide) you can do something about it:

- (void)keyboardDidShow: (NSNotification *) notif{
    // Do something here
}

- (void)keyboardDidHide: (NSNotification *) notif{
    // Do something here
}

Solution 2:

You may just need addObserver in viewDidLoad. But having addObserver in viewWillAppear and removeObserver in viewWillDisappear prevents rare crashes which happens when you are changing your view.

Swift 4.2

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillDisappear), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillAppear), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
}

@objc func keyboardWillAppear() {
    //Do something here
}

@objc func keyboardWillDisappear() {
    //Do something here
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

Swift 3 and 4

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillDisappear), name: Notification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillAppear), name: Notification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
}

@objc func keyboardWillAppear() {
    //Do something here
}

@objc func keyboardWillDisappear() {
    //Do something here
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}

Older Swift

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)

    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector:"keyboardWillAppear:", name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector:"keyboardWillDisappear:", name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

func keyboardWillAppear(notification: NSNotification){
    // Do something here
}

func keyboardWillDisappear(notification: NSNotification){
    // Do something here
}

override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self)
}

Solution 3:

Swift 3:

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)

func keyboardWillShow(_ notification: NSNotification){
    // Do something here
}

func keyboardWillHide(_ notification: NSNotification){
    // Do something here
}

Solution 4:

Swift 4:

  NotificationCenter.default.addObserver( self, selector: #selector(ControllerClassName.keyboardWillShow(_:)),
  name: Notification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow,
  object: nil)
  NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ControllerClassName.keyboardWillHide(_:)),
  name: Notification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide,
  object: nil)

Next, adding method to stop listening for notifications when the object’s life ends:-

Then add the promised methods from above to the view controller:
deinit {
  NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
}
func adjustKeyboardShow(_ open: Bool, notification: Notification) {
  let userInfo = notification.userInfo ?? [:]
  let keyboardFrame = (userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue
  let height = (keyboardFrame.height + 20) * (open ? 1 : -1)
  scrollView.contentInset.bottom += height
  scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets.bottom += height
}

@objc func keyboardWillShow(_ notification: Notification) {
  adjustKeyboardShow(true, notification: notification)
}
@objc func keyboardWillHide(_ notification: Notification) {
  adjustKeyboardShow(false, notification: notification)
}