Keyboard refuses to be dismissed

🎤 General Discussion iOS
1

Hello everyone,

Below is the code to dismiss the keyboard by touching any area outside of the textfield

func hideKeyboard(gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) {
    let point = gestureRecognizer.locationInView(tableView)
    let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForRowAtPoint(point)
    
    if indexPath == nil || !(indexPath!.section == 0 && indexPath!.row == 2) {
        conditionTextView.resignFirstResponder()
    }
}

And here’s where the function is called

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

    if let location = locationToEdit {
        title = "Edit Details"
        if location.hasPhoto {
            if let image = location.photoImage {
                showImage(image)
            }
        }
        
    let gestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action:    Selector("hideKeyboard:"))
    gestureRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = false
    tableView.addGestureRecognizer(gestureRecognizer)
        
    }
    
    conditionTextView.text = descriptionText
    speciesLabel.text = speciesName
    temperamentLabel.text = temperamentName
    
    latLabel.text = String(format: "%.8f", coordinate.latitude)
    longLabel.text = String(format: "%.8f", coordinate.longitude)
    
    if let placemark = placemark {
        nearestAddressLabel.text = stringFromPlacemark(placemark)
    } else {
        nearestAddressLabel.text = "No Address Found"
    }
    
    dateLabel.text = formatDate(date)
    listenForBackgroundNotification()
}

And here’s the image of the keyboard being given the property of ‘Dismiss on drag’

Screen Shot 2016-03-09 at 5.19.04 PM.png2551×1425 658 KB

Unfortunately the keyboard remains on the screen despite tapping anywhere on the screen or dragging. Is there something wrong with the code?

Thanks for reading.

2

Did you add a breakpoint or a log inside the hideKeyboard method to make sure its being called?

3

Hi there, did you get this to work?

4

Yep, got it to work but I can’t really remember what was wrong with the code. Thanks for asking!!