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manually inserting text in uisearchbar

I need some help.

I have implemented a custom keyboard in my app on a UIView which stays of screen and slides up from bottom when user taps on the search bar. I am not using a keyboard target or extension.

The real question is how to insert text in UISearchBar when the user will press a button in my custom made keyboard. UITextDocumentProxy is not working here.

BTW I am developing in swift and I have added the UISearchBar using UISearchBarController programmatically.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • You can use text property of searchBar to set the text on Button action of your custom keyboard. 

    self.searchController.searchBar.text = "\(sender.titleLabel.text)"

    OR

    self.searchController.searchBar.text = "\(self.searchController.searchBar.text)\(sender.titleLabel.text)"