Custom keyboard while using external keyboard for iPad

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Created Oct ’24

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Hi! I'm developing a custom keyboard and my user reported that they can't switch to my keyboard while using external original iPad keyboard.

Unfortunately, I can't test it on a real device and I can't find a way to test it using a simulator.

My questions:

Is it possible to simulate this case on a simulator?
Is it possible to temporarily show a custom keyboard while using an external keyboard on iPad? I saw in the photos that this keyboard has a globe button, but my user told me that nothing happens when they hold or press hit.

Answered by maxik in 809839022

I figured it out:

You can connect any Bluetooth keyboard to an iPhone, it should behave the same way as on iPad.
Hitting the globe button once should show a list of keyboards, if I select my custom keyboard it appears automatically on the screen even if the hardware keyboard is connected. Then I can quickly switch between two most recent keyboards by hitting Globe button again.

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I figured it out:

You can connect any Bluetooth keyboard to an iPhone, it should behave the same way as on iPad.
Hitting the globe button once should show a list of keyboards, if I select my custom keyboard it appears automatically on the screen even if the hardware keyboard is connected. Then I can quickly switch between two most recent keyboards by hitting Globe button again.

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