Getting keyboard size from userInfo in Swift

Question

I have been trying to add some code to move my view up when the keyboard appears, however, I am having issues trying to translate the Objective-C examples into Swift. I have made some progress, but I am stuck on one particular line.

These are the two tutorials/questions I have been following:

How to move content of UIViewController upwards as Keypad appears using Swift http://www.ioscreator.com/tutorials/move-view-when-keyboard-appears

Here is the code I currently have:

override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "keyboardWillShow:", name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "keyboardWillHide:", name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self)
}

func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    var keyboardSize = notification.userInfo(valueForKey(UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey))
    UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardSize.height, right: 0)
    let frame = self.budgetEntryView.frame
    frame.origin.y = frame.origin.y - keyboardSize
    self.budgetEntryView.frame = frame
}

func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    //
}

At the moment, I am getting an error on this line:

var keyboardSize = notification.userInfo(valueForKey(UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey))

If someone could let me know what this line of code should be, I should manage to figure out the rest myself.

Answer 1

There are some problems in your line:

var keyboardSize = notification.userInfo(valueForKey(UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey))

• notification.userInfo returns an optional dictionary [NSObject : AnyObject]?, so it must be unwrapped before accessing its values.
• The Objective-C NSDictionary is mapped to a Swift native Dictionary, so you must use the dictionary subscript syntax (dict[key]) to access the values.
• The value must be cast to NSValue so that you can call CGRectValue on it.

All this can be achieved with a combination of optional assignment, optional chaining and optional casts:

if let userInfo = notification.userInfo {
   if let keyboardSize = (userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.CGRectValue() {
    let contentInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardSize.height, right: 0)
       // ...
   } else {
       // no UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey entry in userInfo
   }
} else {
   // no userInfo dictionary in notification
}

Or in one step:

if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.CGRectValue() {
    let contentInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardSize.height, right: 0)
    // ...
}

Update for Swift 3.0.1 (Xcode 8.1):

if let userInfo = notification.userInfo {
    if let keyboardSize = userInfo[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? CGRect {
        let contentInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardSize.height, right: 0)
        // ...
    } else {
        // no UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey entry in userInfo
    }
} else {
    // no userInfo dictionary in notification
}

Or in one step:

if let keyboardSize = notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? CGRect {
    let contentInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: keyboardSize.height, right: 0)
    // ...
}

Update for Swift 5 (Xcode 11.6):

 guard let userInfo = notification.userInfo,
              let keyboardSize = userInfo[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? CGRect else { return }

I recommend using keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey instead of keyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey since the keyboard changes the initial render height after the first display on older iOS devices.