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iOS - Dismiss keyboard when touching outside of UITextField

I'm wondering how to make the keyboard disappear when the user touches outside of a UITextField.

Solution

  • You'll need to add an UITapGestureRecogniser and assign it to the view, and then call resign first responder on the UITextField on it's selector.

    The code:

    In viewDidLoad

    UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(dismissKeyboard)];

[self.view addGestureRecognizer:tap];

    In dismissKeyboard:

    -(void)dismissKeyboard 
{
    [aTextField resignFirstResponder];
}

    (Where aTextField is the textfield that is responsible for the keyboard)

    Swift 3 version looks like that

    let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.dismissKeyboard (_:)))
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

    For dismissKeyboard

    @objc func dismissKeyboard (_ sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    aTextField.resignFirstResponder()
}