Hiding keyboard in native.newtextarea

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

When using native.newTextField, when the person clicks on the field, it pops up the native keyboard.  This works for me in both Android and iPhone.  BUT…

On Android, there is a DONE button and removes the keyboard.  On iPhone, there doesn’t appear to be any such way to remove the keyboard.

Is there a manual way to remove that keyboard?  

Is there a way to know the keyboard is showing?

I’m thinking about a DONE button on the app itself that removes the keyboard, but I would need to know when the keyboard is active - so I can display the DONE button and activate the listener and then know when it’s gone, so I can remove the DONE and the listener.

Can that be done?

#2

Hi John,

The keyboard can be manually controlled (displayed or hidden) by using “native.setKeyboardFocus()”:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/native/setKeyboardFocus.html

Using this, you could just set a variable true/false when you display it or hide it, thus knowing when the use the button.

Brent

#3

That’s EXACTLY what I needed!  Thanks! 

#4

Hi John,

The keyboard can be manually controlled (displayed or hidden) by using “native.setKeyboardFocus()”:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/native/setKeyboardFocus.html

Using this, you could just set a variable true/false when you display it or hide it, thus knowing when the use the button.

Brent

#5

That’s EXACTLY what I needed!  Thanks!