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tvOS keyboard language

Is it possible to change onscreen keyboard language in tvOS? I certainly didn't find a way of adding new keyboards in Apple TV Settings, but maybe there is a parameter you can specify on UISearchController.searchBar to switch to a different input language?

My Simulator as well as Apple TV are in English, but I'd like my app to be able to support other languages for input (e.g Russian). After all it's just a virtual on-screen keyboard.

Solution

  • On your apple TV go to Settings -> General -> Language, switch to the language you need (Russian). It will ask you if you're OK with Siri not being supported, hit OK, and voila :

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    this doesn't work in simulator unfortunately.

    Also, you might try to create a custom keyboard, and make it's primaryLanguage whatever you need: https://developer.apple.com/library/tvos/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIInputViewController_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014279-CH1-DontLinkElementID_8