Uipicker to replace Keyboard

Question

Ok I am trying to replace the Keyboard with the UIpicker. I got the code in, the Uipicker always show, and when you click on the text field of course the keyboard comes up....I even put break points in to see if it makes it to the code that tells it to hide the keyboard and it never does....Would someone look at it and see where i went wrong

 #import "collectionViewViewController.h"
#import "activityCell.h"

@interface collectionViewViewController ()
{
    NSArray *imageArray;
    NSArray *labelArray;
}

@end

@implementation collectionViewViewController
@synthesize pickerViewContainer;


- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
    self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
    if (self) {
        // Custom initialization
    }
    return self;
}



- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    //picker exists in the view, but is outside visible range
    UIPickerView *pickerView = [[UIPickerView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(200, 780, 400, 270)];
    pickerView.delegate = self;
    pickerView.showsSelectionIndicator = YES;
    [self.view addSubview:pickerView];



    [[self collectionView]setDataSource:self];
    [[self collectionView]setDelegate:self];

    imageArray = [[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:
        @"act_blank.png",
        @"act_blank.png",
       @"act_blank.png",
       @"act_blank.png",
       @"act_blank.png",
        @"act_blank.png",
        @"act_1.png",
        @"act_2.png",
        @"act_3.png",
        @"act_4.png",
        @"act_5.png",
        @"act_6.png",
        @"act_7.png",
        @"act_8.png",
        @"act_9.png",
        @"act_10.png",
        @"act_11.png",
        @"act_12.png",
        @"act_13.png",
        @"act_14.png",
        @"act_15.png",
        @"act_16.png",
        @"act_17.png",
        @"act_18.png",nil];

    [[self pickerView]setDataSource:self];
    [[self pickerView]setDelegate:self];


    arrayHour = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    [arrayHour addObject:@"0 h"];
    [arrayHour addObject:@"1 h"];
    [arrayHour addObject:@"2 h"];
    [arrayHour addObject:@"3 h"];
    [arrayHour addObject:@"4 h"];
    [arrayHour addObject:@"5 h"];
    [arrayHour addObject:@"6 h"];
    [arrayHour addObject:@"7 h"];
    [arrayHour addObject:@"8 h"];

    arrayMinute = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    [arrayMinute addObject:@"0 min"];
    [arrayMinute addObject:@"15 min"];
    [arrayMinute addObject:@"30 min"];
    [arrayMinute addObject:@"45 min"];
    pickerViewContainer.hidden = YES;


    //labelArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"1st",@"2nd", nil];

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}

//animate the picker into view
- (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField {

    [UIView beginAnimations:@"picker" context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];

    _pickerView.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0,-236);
    [UIView commitAnimations];

}

//animate the picker out of view
- (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {

    [UIView beginAnimations:@"picker" context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:0.5];

    _pickerView.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0,236);
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

//just hide the keyboard in this example
- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField {
    [textField resignFirstResponder];
    return NO;
}


-(NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInCollectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectioinView
{
    return 1;
}

-(NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
    return [imageArray count];
}

-(UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath 
{
    static NSString *CellIdentifier=@"cell";
    activityCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
    [[cell imageView]setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:[imageArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.item]]];

      UITextField *nameLabel = (UITextField *)[cell viewWithTag:1];

    nameLabel.text = @"HERRO";
    //[[cell textField]setText:[labelArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.item]];

    return cell;




}



- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInPickerView:(UIPickerView *)thePickerView
{

    return 2;

}

- (NSInteger)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)thePickerView numberOfRowsInComponent:(NSInteger)component {
    if (component == HOUR)
        return [arrayHour count];
    if (component == Minutes)
        return [arrayMinute count];


    return 0;
}

- (NSString *)pickerView:(UIPickerView *)thePickerView titleForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component{


    if (component == HOUR)
        return [arrayHour objectAtIndex:row];
    if (component == Minutes)
        return [arrayMinute objectAtIndex:row];


    return 0;
}

-(UICollectionViewCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath pickerView:(UIPickerView *)pickerView didSelectRow:(NSInteger)row inComponent:(NSInteger)component
{
//    static NSString *CellIdentifier=@"cell";
//    
//    activityCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
//
//    
//    
//    UITextField *nameLabel = (UITextField *)[cell viewWithTag:1];


    //nameLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@  %@",[arrayHour objectAtIndex:[pickerView selectedRowInComponent:0]], [arrayMinute objectAtIndex:[pickerView    selectedRowInComponent:1]]];


    //textLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@  %@",[arrayHour objectAtIndex:[pickerView selectedRowInComponent:0]], [arrayMinute objectAtIndex:[pickerView    selectedRowInComponent:1]]];


    //[[cell textField]setText:[labelArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.item]];
    //textField.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@  %@",[arrayHour objectAtIndex:[pickerView selectedRowInComponent:0]], [arrayMinute objectAtIndex:[pickerView    selectedRowInComponent:1]]];


    return 0;
}




- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

- (void)viewDidUnload {
    [self setCollectionView:nil];
    [self setPickerView:nil];
    [self setPickerViewContainer:nil];
    [self setTimeText:nil];
    collectionView = nil;
    [super viewDidUnload];
}
- (IBAction)closePicker:(id)sender {
    pickerViewContainer.hidden = YES;
}

- (IBAction)showPicker:(id)sender {
    pickerViewContainer.hidden = NO;
}
@end

THanks

Answer 1

You're not overriding the right delegate method:

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
    <code that presentes the picker view>
    return NO;
}

That should stop the text field from showing the keyboard, and instead do whatever you want.