Changing UIKeyboardAppearance

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Phantom59 OP

Created Aug ’18

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Hello,

I'm showing a keyboard in my textview and would like to change the appearance of the keyboard after its been displayed.

textView.keyboardAppearance = colorTheme == .classic ? .default : .dark

But it looks like the appearance can only be set before the keyboard is shown.

Is there a way to change the appearnce after the keyboard has appeared?

Please let me know.

Ramon.

Answered by Claude31 in 326772022

I tested in simulator.

Change occurs after resignFirstResponder().

So you can switch with the following:

          let previousAppearance = theTextField.keyboardAppearance.rawValue
      
          theTextField.resignFirstResponder()
          theTextField.keyboardAppearance = UIKeyboardAppearance(rawValue: (previousAppearance+1) % 4) ?? .default
          theTextField.becomeFirstResponder()

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Answer 1

Claude31 OP

Aug ’18

Accepted Answer

I tested in simulator.

Change occurs after resignFirstResponder().

So you can switch with the following:

          let previousAppearance = theTextField.keyboardAppearance.rawValue
      
          theTextField.resignFirstResponder()
          theTextField.keyboardAppearance = UIKeyboardAppearance(rawValue: (previousAppearance+1) % 4) ?? .default
          theTextField.becomeFirstResponder()

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Answer 2

Phantom59 OP

Aug ’18

Thank you!

I tried something similar and didn't but its because I have to handle my textview delegates a bit more intelligently.

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