IOS 8 UIKeyboardType Custom Keyboard Extension

Question

I am creating a custom keyboard for iOS 8, and I would like to change the keyboard layout based on UIKeyboardType, however, reading the keyboard type in UIInputViewController is always 0. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    NSLog(@"TextInputMode: %ld", self.textDocumentProxy.keyboardType);
}

Answer 1

Get keyboardTypein the delegate methods an InputView instead of ViewDidLoad. Because you cannot get the type of keyboard until the keyboard is fully represented and the input object is activated.

- (void)textWillChange:(id<UITextInput>)textInput {

    NSLog(@"TextInputMode: %ld", self.textDocumentProxy.keyboardType);

}

OR

- (void)textDidChange:(id<UITextInput>)textInput {

    NSLog(@"TextInputMode: %ld", self.textDocumentProxy.keyboardType);

}

Answer 2

(not enough comments to add a comment sorry)

textDidChange - , keyType . textWillChange, , .