On an iPad running iOS26, there is an issue with the numberPad keyboard
I have a UITextField with a keyboard type of .numberPad When I first tap in the field, a new number pad with just numbers (similar to the one that shows up on iPhone) shows up. When I tap again in the field, that number pad goes away. When I tap in the field again, the full keyboard with numbers etc shows up (this is the one that used to always show up pre-iOS26)
Take a look at my Feedback (https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/19626136) to see Apple's reply. They say this is expected behavior. I'll copy their reply here:
The numberpad is meant to be a text input acceleration if the user needs to input only digits, so it's initially presented when a user interacts with a text input view that is numeric.
However, the numberpad doesn't present other keyboard conveniences such as Autofill, or a Prediction bar, or any other extended features, beyond just the digits input. During feature development this was identified as a usability gap and engineering provide us with new designs to address those needs, we work around this by presenting the full software keyboard, if the user dismisses the numberpad and taps on the text input view again.