UIKeyBoard resize on orientation change to landscape

Question

This is very rookie question. I have a UIToolBar at the bottom which is supposed to animatedly move up and down with key board when the UIKeyBoard is displayed. I got that working with the help of UIKeyBoard Notifications. The view we are talking about has split view enabled. When device orientation is landscape, both the views as columns are shown [hope that makes sense].

When key board is shown, i do this

CGSize keyBoardSize = [[notificationInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey]CGRectValue].size;

CGRect toolbarFrame= [BottomToolBar frame];
toolbarFrame.origin.y -= keyBoardSize.height;    
[UIView beginAnimations:nil context:nil];
[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.3];
BottomToolBar .frame = viewFrame;
[UIView commitAnimations];

when key board is hiiden i do this

toolbarFrame.origin.y += keyBoardSize.height;

My Problem is when device orientation changes to landscape, when the key board is visible the bottom tool bar is gone. I see it move up quickly. I am not sure how to fix this. Can anyone help please? Also, is there a way to NOT make the key board span across both the views in the split view?

Answer 1

I have this problem too, all I can think of is dismissing the keyboard and reshowing it (resign and then become first responder again). But that seems very unsatisfactory.

Note also you should be converting the rect from screen coordinates to the view's coordinates. (The screen coordinates don't rotate.)

CGRect keyboardRect = [[notificationInfo objectForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey]CGRectValue];
keyboardRect = [[BottomToolBar superview] convertRect:keyboardRect fromView:nil];

UPDATE: You must register for UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, then your action will be called when the interface rotates :)

Also see: https://devforums.apple.com/message/181482#181482

Answer 2

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillShow:) name:UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object:nil];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(keyboardWillHide:) name:UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object:nil];
}

- (void)keyboardWillShow:(NSNotification *)aNotification 
{
    CGRect keyboardBounds;
    [[aNotification.userInfo valueForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] getValue: &keyboardBounds];

    CGFloat keyboardHeight;
    switch ([UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation) {
        case UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait:
        case UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown:
            keyboardHeight = keyboardBounds.size.height;
            break;
        case UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft:
        case UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight:
            keyboardHeight = keyboardBounds.size.width;
            break;
    }

    NSTimeInterval animationDuration = [[[aNotification userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];

    CGRect rect = table.frame;
    rect.size.height -= keyboardHeight;
    [UIView beginAnimations:@"ResizeForKeyboardShow" context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:animationDuration];
    table.frame = rect;
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}

- (void)keyboardWillHide:(NSNotification *)aNotification
{
    CGRect keyboardBounds;
    [[aNotification.userInfo valueForKey:UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] getValue: &keyboardBounds];

    CGFloat keyboardHeight;
    switch ([UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarOrientation) {
        case UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait:
        case UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown:
            keyboardHeight = keyboardBounds.size.height;
            break;
        case UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft:
        case UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight:
            keyboardHeight = keyboardBounds.size.width;
            break;
    }

    NSTimeInterval animationDuration = [[[aNotification userInfo] objectForKey:UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] doubleValue];

    CGRect rectTable = table.frame;
    rectTable.size.height += keyboardHeight;
    [UIView beginAnimations:@"ResizeForKeyboard" context:nil];
    [UIView setAnimationDuration:animationDuration];
    table.frame = rectTable;
    [UIView commitAnimations];
}