UITextField focus

Question

How can I programmatically assign focus to a specific UITextField in a view? I have several fields and on view display, I'd like to put the cursor on a specific field, not the first one at top.

Answer 1

Try doing this in viewWillAppear:

[desiredField becomeFirstResponder];

By making the field the first responder, it have focus and the keyboard will be displayed.

Answer 2

Set the first responder for your view to be the text field. This can be done in IB.