How to add a 'Done' button to numpad keyboard in iOS

Question

So, the numpad keyboard doesn't come with a 'Done' or 'Next' button by default so I'd like to add one. In iOS 6 and below there were some tricks to add a button to the keyboard but they don't seem to be working in iOS 7.

First I subscribe to the keyboard showing notification

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                         selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:)
                                             name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification
                                           object:nil];

Then I try to add a button when the keyboard shows up:

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)note 
{
    // create custom button
    UIButton *doneButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeSystem];
    doneButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 50, 106, 53);
    doneButton.adjustsImageWhenHighlighted = NO;
    [doneButton setTitle:@"Done" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [doneButton addTarget:self action:@selector(dismissKeyboard) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

    // locate keyboard view
    UIWindow* tempWindow = [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows] objectAtIndex:1];
    UIView* keyboard;
    for(int i=0; i<[tempWindow.subviews count]; i++) 
    {
        keyboard = [tempWindow.subviews objectAtIndex:i];
        // keyboard view found; add the custom button to it
        if([[keyboard description] hasPrefix:@"UIKeyboard"] == YES)
        [keyboard addSubview:doneButton];
    }
}

But the for loop doesn't run because it doesn't find any subviews. Any suggestions? I couldn't find any solutions for iOS7 so is there a different way I'm supposed to be doing this?

Edit: Thanks for all the suggestions for toolbars guys but I'd rather not go down that route as I'm quite space poor (and it is kind of ugly).

Answer 1

This is a simple way of projecting a done button in iOS7 num-keypad. In the below delegate method of UITextField, add a notification for keyboard show.

-(void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
    
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                             selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:)
                                                 name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification
                                               object:nil];
}

Now implement the method keyboardWillShow as below. Here we need to take extra care for iOS7.

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)note {
    // create custom button
    UIButton *doneButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    doneButton.frame = CGRectMake(0, 163, 106, 53);
    doneButton.adjustsImageWhenHighlighted = NO;
    [doneButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"doneButtonNormal.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    [doneButton setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"doneButtonPressed.png"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
    [doneButton addTarget:self action:@selector(doneButton:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
    
    if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"7.0")) {
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
            UIView *keyboardView = [[[[[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows] lastObject] subviews] firstObject];
            [doneButton setFrame:CGRectMake(0, keyboardView.frame.size.height - 53, 106, 53)];
            [keyboardView addSubview:doneButton];
            [keyboardView bringSubviewToFront:doneButton];
            
            [UIView animateWithDuration:[[note.userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] floatValue]-.02
                                  delay:.0
                                options:[[note.userInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] intValue]
                             animations:^{
                                 self.view.frame = CGRectOffset(self.view.frame, 0, 0);
                             } completion:nil];
        });
    } else {
        // locate keyboard view
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
            UIWindow* tempWindow = [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] windows] objectAtIndex:1];
            UIView* keyboard;
            for(int i=0; i<[tempWindow.subviews count]; i++) {
                keyboard = [tempWindow.subviews objectAtIndex:i];
                // keyboard view found; add the custom button to it
                if([[keyboard description] hasPrefix:@"UIKeyboard"] == YES)
                    [keyboard addSubview:doneButton];
            }
        });
    }
}

Now add this macro to suitable header to detect the SYSTEM_VERSION

#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)