Is it possible to programmatically change the keyboard type of a uitextfield so that something like this would be possible:
if(user is prompted for numeric input only)
[textField setKeyboardType: @"Number Pad"];
if(user is prompted for alphanumeric input)
[textField setKeyboardType: @"Default"];
There is a keyboardType
property for a UITextField
:
typedef enum {
UIKeyboardTypeDefault, // Default type for the current input method.
UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable, // Displays a keyboard which can enter ASCII characters, non-ASCII keyboards remain active
UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation, // Numbers and assorted punctuation.
UIKeyboardTypeURL, // A type optimized for URL entry (shows . / .com prominently).
UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad, // A number pad (0-9). Suitable for PIN entry.
UIKeyboardTypePhonePad, // A phone pad (1-9, *, 0, #, with letters under the numbers).
UIKeyboardTypeNamePhonePad, // A type optimized for entering a person's name or phone number.
UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress, // A type optimized for multiple email address entry (shows space @ . prominently).
UIKeyboardTypeDecimalPad, // A number pad including a decimal point
UIKeyboardTypeTwitter, // Optimized for entering Twitter messages (shows # and @)
UIKeyboardTypeWebSearch, // Optimized for URL and search term entry (shows space and .)
UIKeyboardTypeAlphabet = UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable, // Deprecated
} UIKeyboardType;
Your code should read
if(user is prompted for numeric input only)
[textField setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad];
if(user is prompted for alphanumeric input)
[textField setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeDefault];