Hiding the iOS keyboard on blur

[TJ]

Hey all,

I have a series of forms with TextFields, and I want to hide the keyboard when the user taps outside of them. I think this is a pretty common thing to do in iOS apps, but I have no idea how to accomplish this in NativeScript. Can someone help me out?

Thanks,
TJ

[Rossen Hristov]

Hi,

In fact, this is not so easy in iOS as it is in Android. We have still not thought of a way to do this from the control instance, i.e. to tell the TextField to hide the keyboard when the user taps outside. Here is one thing I found out, but it involves writing platform-specific code:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5306240/iphone-dismiss-keyboard-when-touching-outside-of-textfield

I am currently trying to find a way to achieve this without forcing the developer to write platform-specific code. I will let you know when I invent something.

Regards,
Rossen Hristov
Telerik

 

 

[tommy]

Yeah, I remember this being a white hot pain on iOS. Looking forward to an easier way to do this...