Keyboard Phone Input on iPad?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I’m trying to display the Phone Keyboard on an iPad to enter a Passcode. Is that possible? If so, how can it be implemented?

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#2

Make a newTextField for the password (you can set it to be secure so it hides the input) and on the “submitted” event phase just check and see if the input and the unlock code match.

Absolutely possible :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 24733 reply_id: 100268[/import]

#3

Thanks Peach, but what I want to know is if the “Phone” keyboard will show up on an iPad if the text field input type is set to “Phone” (not “Number”)?

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#4

Oh I see, that is a good question - my iPad is currently flat so I can’t test this but if you do a quick test build to see I’d be interested to know if you get an error, nothing happens, or if it actually displays just fine.

Can you let me know? (If not I’ll try to test this myself in the AM.)

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 24733 reply_id: 100391[/import]

#5

@Peach, I tested this and when I set the input type to “phone” the keyboard comes up as “numbers”. I want the phone keypad and I’m wondering if there is a way around this or we have to build a custom keyboard:(
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#6

I’ve done some searching and it seems there is not a way around this, no. I suppose because the iPad doesn’t actually have a phone keypad.

I know this is a bit irritating but a custom keyboard just for numbers wouldn’t be too hard to do, at least it isn’t letters+punctuation :wink: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 24733 reply_id: 100502[/import]