I hear ya. Keyboards, keystrokes and text management have always been so opaque on iOS. I think that might make it easier for devs to get up and running but if we're to write world class apps to compete with the desktop at all, I think we're going to need better text handling abstractions.
Just my $0.02. I'm going to have to resort to some brittle trickery to get what I want for now. Thanks, Luther On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 9:21 AM Igor Ranieri Elland <i...@elland.me> wrote: > I’ve been filing radars and complaining about this for almost 3 years now > (since iOS7). So far the only way to detect if a hardware keyboard is > present is through private APIs (and those only if a text view on text > field is currently the first responder). > > If anyone has a good solution, I’d be happy to hear it. > > Best, > Igor > > > > Am 06.04.2016 um 16:06 schrieb Luther Baker <lutherba...@gmail.com>: > > > > If not there already, it seems like this type of functionality needs to > be > > on the critical path ... or someone's radar? > > > > How does one take advantage of the screen if there is no authoritative > way > > to determine if the keyboard is covering half of it? Especially since the > > pro's case now comes with a built-in hardware keyboard. > > > > I'd be curious if the HIG speaks to this. > > > > Maybe it's just a 9.3 bug in the keyboard notifications .... > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 8:04 PM Luther Baker <lutherba...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I'm building an app for the iPad 2 and iPad Pro and need to present a > >> modal differently, depending on whether or not there is a hardware > keyboard > >> attached. > >> > >> The keyboard notifications keep giving me the rect for the screen > >> keyboard, whether or not it appears. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Luther > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/igor%40elland.me > > > > This email sent to i...@elland.me > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
