Making a UITableView scroll when text field is selected

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After a lot of trial and error  I m giving up and asking the question  I ve seen a lot of people with similar problems but can t get all the answers to work right   I have a UITableView which is composed of custom cells  The cells are made of 5 text fields next to each other  sort of like a grid    When I try to scroll and edit the cells at the bottom of the UITableView  I can t manage to get my cells properly positioned above the keyboard   I have seen many answers talking about changing view sizes etc    but none of them has worked nicely so far   Could anybody clarify the  right  way to do this with a concrete code example

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My approach   I first subclass UITextField and add an indexPath property  In the cellFor    Method i hand over the indexPath property   Then I add following code   UITableViewCell  cell    self tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath textField indexPath    CGPoint cellPoint    cell convertPoint textField center toView self tableView    UIView animateWithDuration 0 3 animations   void  self tableView contentOffset   CGPointMake 0  cellPoint y-50        to the textFieldShould WillBegin   etc   When the Keyboard disappears you have to reverse it with    UIView animateWithDuration 0 3 animations   void  self tableView contentOffset   CGPointMake 0  0

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I had the same problem but noticed that it appears only in one view  So I began to look for the differences in the controllers   I found out that the scrolling behavior is set in -  void viewWillAppear  BOOL animated of the super instance   So be sure to implement like this   -  void viewWillAppear  BOOL animated        super viewWillAppear animated          your code     And it doesn t matter if you use UIViewController or UITableViewController  checked it by putting a UITableView as a subview of self view in the UIViewController  It was the same behavior  The view didn t allow to scroll if the call  super viewWillAppear animated   was missing

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I just looked again into the iOS 5 0 lib reference and found this section titled  Moving Content That Is Located Under the Keyboard   TextAndWebiPhoneOS KeyboardManagement  Is this new since iOS 5  perhaps  I haven t read into it yet as I m in the middle of something else  but perhaps others know more and can enlighten me and others here   Does the Apple doc supersede what s been discussed here or is the information here still useful to iOS 5 SDK users

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This soluton works for me  PLEASE note the line   tableView setContentOffset CGPointMake 0 0  activeField frame origin y-kbSize height 160  animated YES     You can change the 160 value to match it work with you  -  void keyboardWasShown  NSNotification  aNotification       NSDictionary  info    aNotification userInfo       CGSize kbSize     info objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  CGRectValue  size      CGRect bkgndRect   activeField superview frame                          bkgndRect size height    kbSize height        activeField superview setFrame bkgndRect         tableView setContentOffset CGPointMake 0 0  activeField frame origin y-kbSize height 160  animated YES      -  void textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   textField      activeField   textField    - void textFieldDidEndEditing  UITextField   textField         activeField   nil        Called when the UIKeyboardWillHideNotification is sent -  void keyboardWillBeHidden  NSNotification  aNotification       UIEdgeInsets contentInsets   UIEdgeInsetsZero      tableView contentInset   contentInsets      tableView scrollIndicatorInsets   contentInsets      NSDictionary  info    aNotification userInfo       CGSize kbSize     info objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  CGRectValue  size      CGRect bkgndRect   activeField superview frame        bkgndRect size height    kbSize height       activeField superview setFrame bkgndRect        tableView setContentOffset CGPointMake 0 0  activeField frame origin y-kbSize height  animated YES

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I think there is no  right  way to do this  You have to choose the best fit solution for your use case   In my iPad App I have a UIViewController that is presented modal as UIModalPresentationFormSheet and consists of an UITableView  This table contains two UITextFields per cell   Just calling scrollToRowAtIndexPath atScrollPosition animated  in the textFieldDidBeginEditing  method doesn t work for me  Therefore I have created a tableFooterView   -  void viewDidLoad        super viewDidLoad        m footerView     UIView alloc  initWithFrame CGRectMake 0 0f  0 0f  m tableView frame size width  300 0f         m footerView setBackgroundColor  UIColor clearColor         m tableView setTableFooterView m footerView        m footerView release       The idea is that keyboard hides the tableFooterView and not the UITextFields  So the tableFooterView must be high enough  After that you can use scrollToRowAtIndexPath atScrollPosition animated  in the textFieldDidBeginEditing  method   I think it s also possible to show and hide the tableFooterView dynamically by adding the observers for the keyboard notifications but I haven t tried it yet   -  void viewWillAppear  BOOL animated        super viewWillAppear animated          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   notification          m tableView setTableFooterView m footerView      -  void keyboardWillHide  NSNotification   notification          m tableView setTableFooterView nil      -  void viewWillDisappear  BOOL animated        super viewWillDisappear animated          NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  removeObserver self name UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object nil         NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  removeObserver self name UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object nil

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If you use a uitableview to place your textfields  from Jeff Lamarche   you can just scroll the tableview using the delegate method like so      Note  my text fields are stored in an array with the same index as there row in the tableview   -  void  textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   textField                int index          for UITextField  aField in textFields                if  textField    aField                   index    textFields indexOfObject aField -1                                    if index  gt   0                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow index inSection 0  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES             super textFieldDidBeginEditing textField

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No Need Any Calculations  Use below code it will work  This code I used in my Customised UITableviewcell  It s working   override func viewDidLoad     super viewDidLoad    NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector ViewController keyboardWillShow   name  NSNotification Name UIKeyboardWillShow  object  nil   NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector ViewController keyboardWillHide   name  NSNotification Name UIKeyboardWillHide  object  nil     func keyboardWillShow   notification Notification     if let keyboardSize    notification userInfo  UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  as  NSValue   cgRectValue       tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake 0  0  keyboardSize height  0       func keyboardWillHide   notification Notification     if let keyboardSize    notification userInfo  UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  as  NSValue   cgRectValue       tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake 0  0  0  0

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If you can use UITableViewController  you get the functionality for free  Sometimes  however  this is not an option  specifically if you need multiple views not just the UITableView   Some of the solutions presented here don t work on iOS  4  some don t work on iPad or in landscape mode  some don t work for Bluetooth keyboards  where we don t want any scrolling   some don t work when switching between multiple text fields  So if you choose any solution  make sure to test these cases  This is the solution we use used in InAppSettingsKit   -  void  keyboardWillShow  NSNotification  notification       if  self navigationController topViewController    self            NSDictionary  userInfo    notification userInfo               we don t use SDK constants here to be universally compatible with all SDKs   3 0         NSValue  keyboardFrameValue    userInfo objectForKey   UIKeyboardBoundsUserInfoKey            if   keyboardFrameValue                keyboardFrameValue    userInfo objectForKey   UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey                          Reduce the tableView height by the part of the keyboard that actually covers the tableView         CGRect windowRect     UIApplication sharedApplication  keyWindow  bounds          if  UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft    self interfaceOrientation   UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight    self interfaceOrientation                 windowRect   IASKCGRectSwap windowRect                     CGRect viewRectAbsolute     tableView convertRect  tableView bounds toView   UIApplication sharedApplication  keyWindow            if  UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft    self interfaceOrientation   UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight    self interfaceOrientation                 viewRectAbsolute   IASKCGRectSwap viewRectAbsolute                     CGRect frame    tableView frame          frame size height -   keyboardFrameValue CGRectValue  size height - CGRectGetMaxY windowRect    CGRectGetMaxY viewRectAbsolute             UIView beginAnimations nil context NULL            UIView setAnimationDuration   userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey  doubleValue             UIView setAnimationCurve   userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey  intValue             tableView frame   frame           UIView commitAnimations            UITableViewCell  textFieldCell    id   UITextField   self currentFirstResponder  superview superview          NSIndexPath  textFieldIndexPath     tableView indexPathForCell textFieldCell               iOS 3 sends hide and show notifications right after each other            when switching between textFields  so cancel -scrollToOldPosition requests          NSObject cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget self              tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath textFieldIndexPath atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated YES            -  void  scrollToOldPosition       tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  topmostRowBeforeKeyboardWasShown atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES      -  void  keyboardWillHide  NSNotification  notification       if  self navigationController topViewController    self            NSDictionary  userInfo    notification userInfo             UIView beginAnimations nil context NULL            UIView setAnimationDuration   userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey  doubleValue             UIView setAnimationCurve   userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey  intValue             tableView frame   self view bounds           UIView commitAnimations             self performSelector  selector scrollToOldPosition  withObject nil afterDelay 0 1                Here s the full code of the class in InAppSettingsKit  To test it  use the  Complete List  child pane where you can test the scenarios mentioned above

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Very interesting discussion thread  i also faced the same problem may be worse one because   I was using a custom cell and the textfield was inside that  I had to use UIViewController to meet my requirements so cant take advantage of UITableViewController  I had filter  sort criterias in my table cell  ie ur cells keeps on changing and keeping track of the indexpath and all will not help    So read the threads here and implemented my version  which helped me in pushing up my contents in iPad in landscape mode  Here is code   this is not fool proof and all  but it fixed my issue  First u need to have a delegate in your custom cell class  which on editing begins  sends the textfield to ur viewcontroller and set the activefield   theTextField there     IMPLEMENTED TO HANDLE LANDSCAPE MODE ONLY  -  void keyboardWasShown  NSNotification  aNotification       NSDictionary  info    aNotification userInfo       CGSize kbValue     info objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  CGRectValue  size      CGRect aRect   myTable frame       CGSize kbSize   CGSizeMake kbValue height  kbValue width        aRect size height -  kbSize height 50     This will the exact rect in which your textfield is present         CGRect rect     myTable convertRect activeField bounds fromView activeField      Scroll up only if required     if   CGRectContainsPoint aRect  rect origin                     myTable setContentOffset CGPointMake 0 0  rect origin y  animated YES                   Called when the UIKeyboardWillHideNotification is sent  -  void keyboardWillHide  NSNotification  aNotification       UIEdgeInsets contentInsets   UIEdgeInsetsZero      myTable contentInset   contentInsets      myTable scrollIndicatorInsets   contentInsets      NSDictionary  info    aNotification userInfo       CGSize kbValue     info objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  CGRectValue  size      CGSize kbSize   CGSizeMake kbValue height  kbValue width       CGRect bkgndRect   activeField superview frame      bkgndRect size height    kbSize height       activeField superview setFrame bkgndRect        myTable setContentOffset CGPointMake 0 0  10 0  animated YES       -anoop4real

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Solution for Swift 3-4 with animations and keyboard frame changing   First  create a Bool      MARK  - Private Properties private var isKeyboardShowing   false   Secondly  add Observers to the System Keyboard Notifications      MARK  - Overriding ViewController Life Cycle Methods override func viewWillAppear   animated  Bool        super viewWillAppear animated       NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector keyboardWillShow   name   UIKeyboardWillShow  object  nil       NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector keyboardWillHide   name   UIKeyboardWillHide  object  nil       NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector keyboardWillChangeFrame   name   UIKeyboardWillChangeFrame  object  nil      Thirdly  prepare the animation function   func adjustTableViewInsets keyboardHeight  CGFloat  duration  NSNumber  curve  NSNumber       var extraHeight  CGFloat   0     if keyboardHeight  gt  0           extraHeight   20         isKeyboardShowing   true       else           isKeyboardShowing   false            let contentInset   UIEdgeInsets top  0  left  0  bottom  keyboardHeight   extraHeight  right  0      func animateFunc               refresh constraints           self view layoutSubviews           tableView contentInset   contentInset            UIView animate withDuration  TimeInterval duration   delay  0  options   UIViewAnimationOptions rawValue  UInt curve     animations  animateFunc  completion  nil      Then add the target action methods  called by the observers       MARK  - Target Selector Actions func keyboardWillShow notification  NSNotification        if  isKeyboardShowing           if let keyboardSize    notification userInfo  UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  as  NSValue   cgRectValue               let keyboardHeight   keyboardSize height              let duration   notification userInfo  UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey  as  NSNumber             let curve   notification userInfo  UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey  as  NSNumber              adjustTableViewInsets keyboardHeight  keyboardHeight  duration  duration  curve  curve                     func keyboardWillHide notification  NSNotification        let duration   notification userInfo  UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey  as  NSNumber     let curve   notification userInfo  UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey  as  NSNumber     adjustTableViewInsets keyboardHeight  0  duration  duration  curve  curve     func keyboardWillChangeFrame notification  NSNotification        if isKeyboardShowing           let duration   notification userInfo  UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey  as  NSNumber         let curve   notification userInfo  UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey  as  NSNumber          if let newKeyboardSize    notification userInfo  UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey  as  NSValue   cgRectValue               let keyboardHeight   newKeyboardSize height             adjustTableViewInsets keyboardHeight  keyboardHeight  duration  duration  curve  curve                      Lastly  don t forget to remove observers in deinit or in viewWillDisappear   deinit       NotificationCenter default removeObserver self

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I will throw my solution  Or QuickDialog s that is  into the hat  Basically wait to animate to the scrolling  It would be nice to get the keyboard animation JIT instead of the magic number   - void textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   textField       if  textField    self emailTextField            NSIndexPath  indexPath    NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 0 inSection 0           dispatch time t popTime   dispatch time DISPATCH TIME NOW  50   USEC PER SEC           dispatch after popTime  dispatch get main queue      void                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath indexPath atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES

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scroll tableview so content ends at the middle of the tableview  out of the way of the keyboard  CGPoint newContentOffset   CGPointMake 0   self tableView contentSize  height -  self tableView bounds size height   2     self tableView setContentOffset newContentOffset animated YES

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I m doing something very similar it s generic  no need to compute something specific for your code  Just check the remarks on the code   In MyUIViewController h   interface MyUIViewController  UIViewController  lt UITableViewDelegate  UITableViewDataSource gt         UITableView  myTableView       UITextField  actifText      property  nonatomic  retain  IBOutlet UITableView  myTableView   property  nonatomic  retain  IBOutlet UITextField  actifText   -  IBAction textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   textField  -  IBAction textFieldDidEndEditing  UITextField   textField   - void  keyboardWillHide  NSNotification   note  - void  keyboardWillShow  NSNotification   note    end   In MyUIViewController m   implementation MyUIViewController   synthesize myTableView   synthesize actifText   -  void viewDidLoad           Register notification when the keyboard will be show       NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  addObserver self                                           selector  selector keyboardWillShow                                             name UIKeyboardWillShowNotification                                           object nil           Register notification when the keyboard will be hide       NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  addObserver self                                           selector  selector keyboardWillHide                                             name UIKeyboardWillHideNotification                                           object nil         To be link with your TextField event  Editing Did Begin      memoryze the current TextField -  IBAction textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   textField       self actifText   textField        To be link with your TextField event  Editing Did End      release current TextField -  IBAction textFieldDidEndEditing  UITextField   textField       self actifText   nil     - void  keyboardWillShow  NSNotification   note          Get the keyboard size     CGRect keyboardBounds        note userInfo valueForKey UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  getValue   amp keyboardBounds           Detect orientation     UIInterfaceOrientation orientation     UIApplication sharedApplication  statusBarOrientation       CGRect frame   self myTableView frame          Start animation      UIView beginAnimations nil context NULL        UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState YES        UIView setAnimationDuration 0 3f           Reduce size of the Table view      if  orientation    UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait    orientation    UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown          frame size height -  keyboardBounds size height      else          frame size height -  keyboardBounds size width          Apply new size of table view     self myTableView frame   frame          Scroll the table view to see the TextField just above the keyboard     if  self actifText                  CGRect textFieldRect    self myTableView convertRect self actifText bounds fromView self actifText            self myTableView scrollRectToVisible textFieldRect animated NO                 UIView commitAnimations      - void  keyboardWillHide  NSNotification   note          Get the keyboard size     CGRect keyboardBounds        note userInfo valueForKey UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  getValue   amp keyboardBounds           Detect orientation     UIInterfaceOrientation orientation     UIApplication sharedApplication  statusBarOrientation       CGRect frame   self myTableView frame        UIView beginAnimations nil context NULL        UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState YES        UIView setAnimationDuration 0 3f           Increase size of the Table view      if  orientation    UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait    orientation    UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown          frame size height    keyboardBounds size height      else          frame size height    keyboardBounds size width          Apply new size of table view     self myTableView frame   frame        UIView commitAnimations       end     Swift 1 2  version   class ViewController  UIViewController  UITextFieldDelegate        IBOutlet weak var activeText  UITextField       IBOutlet weak var tableView  UITableView       override func viewDidLoad             NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter   addObserver self              selector  Selector  keyboardWillShow                 name  UIKeyboardWillShowNotification              object  nil          NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter   addObserver self              selector  Selector  keyboardWillHide                 name  UIKeyboardWillHideNotification              object  nil             func textFieldDidBeginEditing textField  UITextField            activeText   textField            func textFieldDidEndEditing textField  UITextField            activeText   nil            func keyboardWillShow note  NSNotification            if let keyboardSize    note userInfo  UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  as  NSValue   CGRectValue                 var frame   tableView frame             UIView beginAnimations nil  context  nil              UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState true              UIView setAnimationDuration 0 3              frame size height -  keyboardSize height             tableView frame   frame             if activeText    nil                   let rect   tableView convertRect activeText bounds  fromView  activeText                  tableView scrollRectToVisible rect  animated  false                            UIView commitAnimations                        func keyboardWillHide note  NSNotification            if let keyboardSize    note userInfo  UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  as  NSValue   CGRectValue                 var frame   tableView frame             UIView beginAnimations nil  context  nil              UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState true              UIView setAnimationDuration 0 3              frame size height    keyboardSize height             tableView frame   frame             UIView commitAnimations

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Here is how I made this work  which is a mixture of Sam Ho and Marcel W s answers  and some of my own bug fixes made to my crappy code   I was using a UITableViewController   The table now resizes correctly when the keyboard is shown   1  In viewDidLoad I added   self tableView autoresizingMask   UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight   2  I had forgotten to call the super equivalents in viewWillAppear and awakeFromNib   I added these back in

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UITableViewController does the Scrolling automatically  indeed  The difference compared to using a UIViewController is  that you have to create Navbar-Buttonitems programmatically by using the NavigationController  when using a TableViewController

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A more stream-lined solution   It slips into the UITextField delegate methods  so it doesn t require messing w  UIKeyboard notifications   Implementation notes   kSettingsRowHeight -- the height of a UITableViewCell   offsetTarget and offsetThreshold are baed off of kSettingsRowHeight   If you use a different row height  set those values to point s y property    alt  calculate the row offset in a different manner    -  BOOL textFieldShouldBeginEditing  UITextField   textField   CGFloat offsetTarget      113 0f     3rd row CGFloat offsetThreshold   248 0f     6th row  i e  2nd-to-last row   CGPoint point    self tableView convertPoint CGPointZero fromView textField     UIView beginAnimations nil context nil    UIView setAnimationDuration 0 2    UIView setAnimationCurve UIViewAnimationCurveEaseOut    CGRect frame   self tableView frame  if  point y  gt  offsetThreshold        self tableView frame   CGRectMake 0 0f                        offsetTarget - point y   kSettingsRowHeight                        frame size width                        frame size height     else if  point y  gt  offsetTarget        self tableView frame   CGRectMake 0 0f                        offsetTarget - point y                        frame size width                        frame size height     else       self tableView frame   CGRectMake 0 0f                        0 0f                        frame size width                        frame size height       UIView commitAnimations    return YES       -  BOOL textFieldShouldReturn  UITextField   textField    textField resignFirstResponder     UIView beginAnimations nil context nil    UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState YES    UIView setAnimationDuration 0 2    UIView setAnimationCurve UIViewAnimationCurveEaseOut    CGRect frame   self tableView frame  self tableView frame   CGRectMake 0 0f                    0 0f                    frame size width                    frame size height     UIView commitAnimations    return YES

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Keyboard notifications work  but Apple s sample code for that assumes that the scroll view is the root view of the window  This is usually not the case  You have to compensate for tab bars  etc   to get the right offset   It is easier than it sounds  Here is the code I use in a UITableViewController  It has two instance variables  hiddenRect and keyboardShown      Called when the UIKeyboardDidShowNotification is sent  -  void keyboardWasShown  NSNotification  aNotification       if  keyboardShown          return       NSDictionary  info    aNotification userInfo           Get the frame of the keyboard      NSValue  centerValue    info objectForKey UIKeyboardCenterEndUserInfoKey       NSValue  boundsValue    info objectForKey UIKeyboardBoundsUserInfoKey       CGPoint keyboardCenter    centerValue CGPointValue       CGRect keyboardBounds    boundsValue CGRectValue       CGPoint keyboardOrigin   CGPointMake keyboardCenter x - keyboardBounds size width   2 0                                           keyboardCenter y - keyboardBounds size height   2 0       CGRect keyboardScreenFrame     keyboardOrigin  keyboardBounds size             Resize the scroll view      UIScrollView  scrollView    UIScrollView    self tableView      CGRect viewFrame   scrollView frame      CGRect keyboardFrame    scrollView superview convertRect keyboardScreenFrame fromView nil       hiddenRect   CGRectIntersection viewFrame  keyboardFrame        CGRect remainder  slice      CGRectDivide viewFrame   amp slice   amp remainder  CGRectGetHeight hiddenRect   CGRectMaxYEdge       scrollView frame   remainder          Scroll the active text field into view      CGRect textFieldRect       selected cell    frame        scrollView scrollRectToVisible textFieldRect animated YES        keyboardShown   YES         Called when the UIKeyboardDidHideNotification is sent -  void keyboardWasHidden  NSNotification  aNotification          Reset the height of the scroll view to its original value     UIScrollView  scrollView    UIScrollView    self tableView      CGRect viewFrame    scrollView frame       scrollView frame   CGRectUnion viewFrame  hiddenRect        keyboardShown   NO

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The simplest solution for Swift 3  based on Bartlomiej Semanczyk solution   override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad        NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector CreateEditRitualViewController keyboardWillShow notification     name  NSNotification Name UIKeyboardDidShow  object  nil      NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector CreateEditRitualViewController keyboardWillHide notification     name  NSNotification Name UIKeyboardDidHide  object  nil     deinit       NotificationCenter default removeObserver self        MARK  Keyboard Notifications   objc func keyboardWillShow notification  NSNotification        if let keyboardHeight    notification userInfo  UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey  as  NSValue   cgRectValue height           tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake 0  0  keyboardHeight  0            objc func keyboardWillHide notification  NSNotification        UIView animate withDuration  0 2  animations               For some reason adding inset in keyboardWillShow is animated by itself but removing is not  that s why we have to use animateWithDuration here         self tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake 0  0  0  0

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Combining and filling in the blanks from several answers  in particular Ortwin Gentz  user 98013  and another post  this will work out of the box for SDK 4 3 on an iPad in Portrait or Landscape mode      implementation UIView  FindFirstResponder  -  UIResponder   findFirstResponder     if  self isFirstResponder                return self              for  UIView  subView in self subviews        UIResponder  firstResponder    subView findFirstResponder       if  firstResponder    nil          return firstResponder               return nil     end   implementation MyViewController  -  UIResponder   currentFirstResponder     return  self view findFirstResponder      -  IBAction editingEnded sender      sender resignFirstResponder      -  BOOL textFieldShouldReturn  UITextField   textField      textField resignFirstResponder     return NO     -  void textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   textField     UITableViewCell  cell    UITableViewCell     textField superview  superview       tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath   tableView indexPathForCell cell  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES      -  void keyboardWillShow  NSNotification  notification     if   self currentFirstResponder     nil        NSDictionary  userInfo    notification userInfo           we don t use SDK constants here to be universally compatible with all SDKs   3 0     NSValue  keyboardFrameValue    userInfo objectForKey   UIKeyboardBoundsUserInfoKey        if   keyboardFrameValue          keyboardFrameValue    userInfo objectForKey   UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey                  Reduce the tableView height by the part of the keyboard that actually covers the tableView     CGRect windowRect     UIApplication sharedApplication  keyWindow  bounds      CGRect viewRectAbsolute     tableView convertRect  tableView bounds toView   UIApplication sharedApplication  keyWindow        CGRect frame    tableView frame      if  UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft    self interfaceOrientation   UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight    self interfaceOrientation           windowRect   CGRectMake windowRect origin y  windowRect origin x  windowRect size height  windowRect size width         viewRectAbsolute   CGRectMake viewRectAbsolute origin y  viewRectAbsolute origin x  viewRectAbsolute size height  viewRectAbsolute size width             frame size height -   keyboardFrameValue CGRectValue  size height - CGRectGetMaxY windowRect    CGRectGetMaxY viewRectAbsolute         UIView beginAnimations nil context NULL        UIView setAnimationDuration   userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey  doubleValue         UIView setAnimationCurve   userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey  intValue         tableView frame   frame       UIView commitAnimations        UITableViewCell  textFieldCell    id   UITextField   self currentFirstResponder  superview superview      NSIndexPath  textFieldIndexPath     tableView indexPathForCell textFieldCell           iOS 3 sends hide and show notifications right after each other        when switching between textFields  so cancel -scrollToOldPosition requests      NSObject cancelPreviousPerformRequestsWithTarget self        topmostRowBeforeKeyboardWasShown      tableView indexPathsForVisibleRows  objectAtIndex 0         tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath textFieldIndexPath atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated YES          -  void  scrollToOldPosition       tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  topmostRowBeforeKeyboardWasShown atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES      -  void keyboardWillHide  NSNotification  notification     if   self currentFirstResponder     nil         NSDictionary  userInfo    notification userInfo         UIView beginAnimations nil context NULL        UIView setAnimationDuration   userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey  doubleValue         UIView setAnimationCurve   userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey  intValue         tableView frame   self view bounds       UIView commitAnimations         self performSelector  selector scrollToOldPosition  withObject nil afterDelay 0 1              end

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Look at my version         -  void keyboardWasShown  NSNotification   aNotification       NSDictionary  info    aNotification userInfo       CGSize kbSize     info objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  CGRectValue  size      CGRect bkgndRect   cellSelected superview frame      bkgndRect size height    kbSize height       cellSelected superview setFrame bkgndRect        tableView setContentOffset CGPointMake 0 0  cellSelected frame origin y-kbSize height  animated YES       -  void keyboardWasHidden  NSNotification   aNotification        tableView setContentOffset CGPointMake 0 0  0 0  animated YES

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I just discovered another bug when using UITableViewController  It wasn t scrolling automatically when keyboard showed up  I noticed that it was because of contentInsetAdjustmentBehavior    never on UITableView

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Since you have textfields in a table  the best way really is to resize the table - you need to set the tableView frame to be smaller in height by the size of the keyboard  I think around 165 pixels  and then expand it again when the keyboard is dismissed   You can optionally also disable user interaction for the tableView at that time as well  if you do not want the user scrolling

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I have just solved such a problem by myself after I referred a mass of solutions found via Google and Stack Overflow   First  please assure that you have set up an IBOutlet of your UIScrollView  Then please take a close look at Apple Doc  Keyboard Management  Finally  if you can scroll the background  but the keyboard still covers the Text Fields  please have a look at this piece of code      If active text field is hidden by keyboard  scroll it so it s visible    Your application might not need or want this behavior  CGRect aRect   self view frame  aRect size height -  kbSize height   if  aRect size height  lt  activeField frame origin y activeField frame size height         CGPoint scrollPoint   CGPointMake 0 0  activeField frame origin y activeField frame size height-aRect size height         scrollView setContentOffset scrollPoint animated YES     The main difference between this piece and Apple s lies in the if condition  I believe apple s calculation of scroll distance and condition of whether text field covered by keyboard are not accurate  so I made my modification as above   Let me know if it works

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The function that does the scrolling could be much simpler   -  void  textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   textField       UITableViewCell  cell       if  floor NSFoundationVersionNumber   lt   NSFoundationVersionNumber iOS 6 1           Load resources for iOS 6 1 or earlier         cell    UITableViewCell    textField superview superview         else              Load resources for iOS 7 or later         cell    UITableViewCell    textField superview superview superview             TextField - gt  UITableVieCellContentView - gt   in iOS 7  ScrollView - gt  Cell             tView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  tView indexPathForCell cell  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES       That s it  No calculations at all

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i may have missed this  as i didn t read the whole post here  but what i came up with seems deceptively simple   i haven t put this through the wringer  testing in all situations  but it seems like it should work just fine   simply adjust the contentInset of the tableview by the height of the keyboard  and then scroll the cell to the bottom   -  void keyboardWasShown  NSNotification   aNotification       NSDictionary  info    aNotification userInfo       CGSize kbSize     info objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  CGRectValue  size       UIEdgeInsets contentInsets   UIEdgeInsetsMake 0 0  0 0  kbSize height  0 0       self myTableView contentInset   contentInsets      self myTableView scrollIndicatorInsets   contentInsets        self myTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath self currentField indexPath atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionBottom animated YES       and of course  -  void keyboardWasHidden  NSNotification   aNotification        UIView animateWithDuration  3 animations   void                 self myTableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsZero          self myTableView scrollIndicatorInsets   UIEdgeInsetsZero              is this too simple   am i missing something   so far it is working for me fine  but as i said  i haven t put it through the wringer

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I tried almost the same approach and came up with a simpler and smaller code for the same  I created a IBOutlet iTextView and associated with the UITextView in the IB    - void keyboardWillShow  NSNotification   notification               NSLog   Keyboard            CGRect keyFrame      notification userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey CGRectValue             UIView beginAnimations   resize view  context nil            UIView setAnimationCurve 1            UIView setAnimationDuration 1 0           CGRect frame   iTableView frame          frame size height   frame size height -  keyFrame size height          iTableView frame   frame           iTableView scrollRectToVisible frame animated YES            UIView commitAnimations

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Swift 4 2 complete solution  I ve created GIST with set of protocols that simplifies work with adding extra space when keyboard is shown  hidden or changed   Features    Correctly works with keyboard frame changes  e g  keyboard height changes like emojii   normal keyboard   TabBar  amp  ToolBar support for UITableView example  at other examples you receive incorrect insets   Dynamic animation duration  not hard-coded   Protocol-oriented approach that could be easily modified for you purposes    Usage  Basic usage example in view controller that contains some scroll view  table view is supported also of course    class SomeViewController  UIViewController      IBOutlet weak var scrollView  UIScrollView     override func viewWillAppear   animated  Bool        super viewWillAppear animated      addKeyboardFrameChangesObserver          override func viewWillDisappear   animated  Bool        super viewWillDisappear animated      removeKeyboardFrameChangesObserver          extension SomeViewController  ModifableInsetsOnKeyboardFrameChanges     var scrollViewToModify  UIScrollView   return scrollView       Core  frame changes observer  Protocol KeyboardChangeFrameObserver will fire event each time keyboard frame was changed  including showing  hiding  frame changing     Call addKeyboardFrameChangesObserver   at viewWillAppear   or similar method  Call removeKeyboardFrameChangesObserver   at viewWillDisappear   or similar method    Implementation  scrolling view  ModifableInsetsOnKeyboardFrameChanges protocol adds UIScrollView support to core protocol  It changes scroll view s insets when keyboard frame is changed   Your class needs to set scroll view  one s insets will be increased   decreased on keyboard frame changes   var scrollViewToModify  UIScrollView   get

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So after hours of grueling work trying to use these current solutions  and utterly failing  I finally got things working well  and updated them to use the new animation blocks  My answer is entirely based on Ortwin s answer above   So for whatever reason the code above was just not working for me  My setup seemed fairly similar to others  but maybe because I was on an iPad or 4 3    no idea  It was doing some wacky math and shooting my tableview off the screen   See end result of my solution  http   screencast com t hjBCuRrPC   Please ignore the photo   -P   So I went with the gist of what Ortwin was doing  but changed how it was doing some math to add up the origin y  amp  size height of my table view with the height of the keyboard  When I subtract the height of the window from that result   it tells me how much intersection I have going on  If its greater than 0  aka there is some overlap  I perform the animation of the frame height    In addition there were some redraw issues that were solved by 1  Waiting to scroll to the cell until the animation was done and 2  using the UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState option when hiding the keyboard   A couple things to note      topmostRowBeforeKeyboardWasShown  amp   originalFrame are instance variables declared in the header  self guestEntryTableView is my tableView  I m in an external file  IASKCGRectSwap is Ortwin s method for flipping the coordinates of a frame I only update the height of the tableView if at least 50px of it is going to be showing Since I m not in a UIViewController I don t have self view  so I just return the tableView to its original frame   Again  I wouldn t have gotten near this answer if I Ortwin didn t provide the crux of it  Here s the code   -  IBAction textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   textField       self activeTextField   textField       if   self guestEntryTableView indexPathsForVisibleRows  count             topmostRowBeforeKeyboardWasShown    NSIndexPath    self guestEntryTableView indexPathsForVisibleRows  objectAtIndex 0         else              this should never happen          topmostRowBeforeKeyboardWasShown    NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 0 inSection 0            textField resignFirstResponder            -  IBAction textFieldDidEndEditing  UITextField   textField       self activeTextField   nil     -  void keyboardWillShow  NSNotification  notification       NSDictionary  userInfo    notification userInfo        NSValue  keyboardFrameValue    userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey           Reduce the tableView height by the part of the keyboard that actually covers the tableView     UIInterfaceOrientation orientation     UIApplication sharedApplication  statusBarOrientation       CGRect windowRect     UIApplication sharedApplication  keyWindow  bounds      CGRect viewRectAbsolute    self guestEntryTableView convertRect self guestEntryTableView bounds toView   UIApplication sharedApplication  keyWindow        CGRect keyboardFrame    keyboardFrameValue CGRectValue       if  UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft    orientation   UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight    orientation             windowRect   IASKCGRectSwap windowRect           viewRectAbsolute   IASKCGRectSwap viewRectAbsolute           keyboardFrame   IASKCGRectSwap keyboardFrame                 fix the coordinates of our rect to have a top left origin 0 0     viewRectAbsolute   FixOriginRotation viewRectAbsolute  orientation  windowRect size width  windowRect size height        CGRect frame   self guestEntryTableView frame       originalFrame   self guestEntryTableView frame       int remainder    viewRectAbsolute origin y   viewRectAbsolute size height   keyboardFrame size height  - windowRect size height       if  remainder  gt  0  amp  amp    remainder  gt  frame size height   50             frame size height   frame size height - remainder          float duration     userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey  doubleValue            UIView animateWithDuration  duration                         animations                                self guestEntryTableView frame   frame                                                    completion   BOOL finished                               UITableViewCell  textFieldCell    UITableViewCell     self activeTextField superview  superview                               NSIndexPath  textFieldIndexPath    self guestEntryTableView indexPathForCell textFieldCell                                self guestEntryTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath textFieldIndexPath atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated YES                                         -  void keyboardWillHide  NSNotification  notification       NSDictionary  userInfo    notification userInfo       float duration     userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey  doubleValue        UIView animateWithDuration  duration                           delay  0 0                         options   UIViewAnimationOptionBeginFromCurrentState                       animations                             self guestEntryTableView frame    originalFrame                                              completion   BOOL finished                             self guestEntryTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  topmostRowBeforeKeyboardWasShown atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES                                    pragma mark CGRect Utility function CGRect IASKCGRectSwap CGRect rect        CGRect newRect      newRect origin x   rect origin y      newRect origin y   rect origin x      newRect size width   rect size height      newRect size height   rect size width      return newRect     CGRect FixOriginRotation CGRect rect  UIInterfaceOrientation orientation  int parentWidth  int parentHeight        CGRect newRect      switch orientation                case UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeLeft              newRect   CGRectMake parentWidth -  rect size width   rect origin x   rect origin y  rect size width  rect size height               break          case UIInterfaceOrientationLandscapeRight              newRect   CGRectMake rect origin x  parentHeight -  rect size height   rect origin y   rect size width  rect size height               break          case UIInterfaceOrientationPortrait              newRect   rect              break          case UIInterfaceOrientationPortraitUpsideDown              newRect   CGRectMake parentWidth -  rect size width   rect origin x   parentHeight -  rect size height   rect origin y   rect size width  rect size height               break            return newRect

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in viewdidload  - void viewdidload    super viewdidload          NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  addObserver self selector  selector keyboardWillChange   name UIKeyboardWillChangeFrameNotification object nil          - void keyboardWillChange  NSNotification  sender           NSLog   keyboardwillchange sender     sender    float margin 0     set your own topmargin           CGFloat originY     sender userInfo objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey  CGRectValue  origin y            if  originY  gt   self view frame size height                NSLog   keyboardclose                    tb  setFrame CGRectMake 0  margin  self view frame size width  self view frame size height-margin              else               NSLog   keyobard on                 float adjustedHeight   self view frame size height - margin -  self view frame size height-originY                 tb  setFrame CGRectMake 0  margin  self view frame size width  adjustedHeight

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If your UITableView is managed by a subclass of UITableViewController and not UITableView  and the text field delegate is the UITableViewController  it should manage all the scrolling automatically -- all these other comments are very difficult to implement in practice   For a good example see the apple example code project  TaggedLocations   You can see that it scrolls automatically  but there doesn t seem to be any code that does this   This project also has custom table view cells  so if you build your application with it as a guide  you should get the desired result

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If you use UITableViewController instead of UIViewController  it will automatically do so

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I think I ve come up with the solution to match the behaviour of Apple s apps   First  in your viewWillAppear  subscribe to the keyboard notifications  so you know when the keyboard will show and hide  and the system will tell you the size of the keyboard  but dont  forget to unregister in your viewWillDisappear      NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter      addObserver self        selector  selector keyboardWillShow              name UIKeyboardWillShowNotification          object nil     NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter      addObserver self        selector  selector keyboardWillHide              name UIKeyboardWillHideNotification          object nil     Implement the methods similar to the below so that you adjust the size of your tableView to match the visible area once the keyboard shows  Here I m tracking the state of the keyboard separately so I can choose when to set the tableView back to full height myself  since you get these notifications on every field change  Don t forget to implement keyboardWillHide  and choose somewhere appropriate to fix your tableView size   - void  keyboardWillShow  NSNotification   note       CGRect keyboardBounds        note userInfo valueForKey UIKeyboardBoundsUserInfoKey  getValue   amp keyboardBounds       keyboardHeight   keyboardBounds size height      if  keyboardIsShowing    NO                keyboardIsShowing   YES          CGRect frame   self view frame          frame size height -  keyboardHeight            UIView beginAnimations nil context NULL            UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState YES            UIView setAnimationDuration 0 3f           self view frame   frame           UIView commitAnimations             Now here s the scrolling bit  we work out a few sizes first  then we see where we are in the visible area  and set the rect we want to scroll to to be either the half view above or below the middle of the text field based on where it is in the view  In this case  we have an array of UITextFields and an enum that keeps track of them  so multiplying the rowHeight by the row number gives us the actual offset of the frame within this outer view   -  void  textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   textField       CGRect frame   textField frame      CGFloat rowHeight   self tableView rowHeight      if  textField    textFields CELL FIELD ONE                 frame origin y    rowHeight   CELL FIELD ONE            else if  textField    textFields CELL FIELD TWO                 frame origin y    rowHeight   CELL FIELD TWO            else if  textField    textFields CELL FIELD THREE                 frame origin y    rowHeight   CELL FIELD THREE            else if  textField    textFields CELL FIELD FOUR                 frame origin y    rowHeight   CELL FIELD FOUR            CGFloat viewHeight   self tableView frame size height      CGFloat halfHeight   viewHeight   2      CGFloat midpoint   frame origin y    textField frame size height   2       if  midpoint  lt  halfHeight                frame origin y   0          frame size height   midpoint            else               frame origin y   midpoint          frame size height   midpoint             self tableView scrollRectToVisible frame animated YES       This seems to work quite nicely

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Use UITextField s delegate method   Swift func textFieldShouldBeginEditing textField  UITextField  - gt  bool     let txtFieldPosition   textField convertPoint textField bounds origin  toView  yourTableViewHere    let indexPath   yourTablViewHere indexPathForRowAtPoint txtFieldPosition    if indexPath    nil        yourTablViewHere scrollToRowAtIndexPath indexPath   atScrollPosition   Top  animated  true        return true    Objective-C -  BOOL textFieldShouldBeginEditing  UITextField   textField     CGPoint txtFieldPosition    textField convertPoint CGPointZero toView  yourTablViewHere     NSLog   quot Begin txtFieldPosition      quot  NSStringFromCGPoint txtFieldPosition      NSIndexPath  indexPath    yourTablViewHere indexPathForRowAtPoint txtFieldPosition      if  indexPath    nil          yourTablViewHere scrollToRowAtIndexPath indexPath atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionMiddle animated YES         return YES

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The simplest solution for Swift  override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad            searchBar  becomeFirstResponder       NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter   addObserver self  selector   selector MyViewController keyboardWillShow       name  UIKeyboardDidShowNotification  object  nil      NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter   addObserver self  selector   selector MyViewController keyboardWillHide       name  UIKeyboardDidHideNotification  object  nil     deinit       NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter   removeObserver self     func keyboardWillShow notification  NSNotification        if let userInfo   notification userInfo           if let keyboardHeight   userInfo UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey   CGRectValue size height               tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake 0  0  keyboardHeight  0                     func keyboardWillHide notification  NSNotification        UIView animateWithDuration 0 2  animations    self table create issue contentInset   UIEdgeInsetsMake 0  0  0  0            For some reason adding inset in keyboardWillShow is animated by itself but removing is not  that s why we have to use animateWithDuration here        For Swift 4 2 or greater override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad       searchBar  becomeFirstResponder       NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector self keyboardWillShow   name  UIResponder keyboardDidShowNotification  object  nil      NotificationCenter default addObserver self  selector   selector self keyboardWillHide   name  UIResponder keyboardDidHideNotification  object  nil     deinit       NotificationCenter default removeObserver self       objc func keyboardWillShow notification  NSNotification        if let userInfo   notification userInfo               let keyboardHeight    userInfo UIResponder keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey  as AnyObject  cgRectValue size height             accountSettingsTableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsets top  0  left  0  bottom  keyboardHeight  right  0                    objc func keyboardWillHide notification  NSNotification        UIView animate withDuration  0 2  animations    self accountSettingsTableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsets top  0  left  0  bottom  0  right  0

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I think the best way is through UITableViewController    If you want a UITableView in a UIViewController  just make a ContentView with an embedded UITableViewController and put the following lines in the viedDidLoad of the UIViewController   self tableView     UITableViewController  self childViewControllers 0   tableView  self tableView delegate   self  self tableView dataSource   self    Easy

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Another easy method  only works with one section     cellForRowAtIndexPath UItextField  tf   cell addSubview tf   tf tag   indexPath row  tf delegate   self     textFieldDidBeginEditing  UITextField   text   self tableView scrollToRowsAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow text tag in section SECTIONINTEGER  animated YES

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I use this often in my projects  This solution works with scrollviews  tableviews or collectionviews and it   s easy to setup  It also automatically hooks up    Next    buttons on the keyboard to switch through the text fields   Check it here

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Easy and fast solution   I just scroll to the right cell whenever scrolling happens       -  void scrollViewDidScroll  UIScrollView   scrollView    Assuming I know table now is in this mode   keepMyCellOnTop   amp  I know selected cell   selectedCellIndex  or scroll to selected cell  -  void scrollViewDidScroll  UIScrollView   scrollView         if   keepMyCellOnTop                 self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  selectedCellIndex atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated NO             This will prevent scrolling   Placing the code in - void  scrollViewDidEndScrollingAnimation  UIScrollView   scrollView  will result a scroll up and down

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If you use Three20  then use the autoresizesForKeyboard property  Just set in the your view controller s -initWithNibName bundle method  self autoresizesForKeyboard   YES   This takes care of    Listening for keyboard notifications and adjusting the table view s frame Scrolling to the first responder   Done and done

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I hope you guys already got a solution reading all those  But I found my solution as follows  I am expecting that you already have a cell with UITextField  So on preparing just keep the row index into the text field s tag   cell textField tag   IndexPath row    Create an activeTextField  instance of UITextField with global scope as below     interface EditViewController          UITextField  activeTextField       So  now you just copy paste my code at the end  And also don t forget to add UITextFieldDelegate   pragma mark - TextField Delegation  -  BOOL textFieldShouldBeginEditing  UITextField   textField       activeTextField   textField       return YES     -  void textFieldDidEndEditing  UITextField   textField       activeTextField   nil       Registers keyboard notifications   pragma mark - Keyboard Activity  -  void registerForKeyboardNotifications           NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  addObserver self                                           selector  selector keyboardWasShown                                                 name UIKeyboardDidShowNotification object nil            NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  addObserver self                                           selector  selector keyboardWillBeHidden                                                 name UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object nil          Handles Keyboard Notifications   Called when the UIKeyboardDidShowNotification is sent   -  void keyboardWasShown  NSNotification  aNotification         NSDictionary  info    aNotification userInfo        CGSize kbSize     info objectForKey UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  CGRectValue  size       UIEdgeInsets contentInsets   UIEdgeInsetsMake 0 0  0 0  kbSize height  0 0         self tableView setContentInset contentInsets         self tableView setScrollIndicatorInsets contentInsets        NSIndexPath  currentRowIndex    NSIndexPath indexPathForRow activeTextField tag inSection 0         self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath currentRowIndex atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES        Called when the UIKeyboardWillHideNotification is sent  -  void keyboardWillBeHidden  NSNotification  aNotification         UIEdgeInsets contentInsets   UIEdgeInsetsZero        self tableView setContentInset contentInsets         self tableView setScrollIndicatorInsets contentInsets        Now one thing is left  Call the registerForKeyboardNotifications method in to ViewDidLoad method as follows   -  void viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad           Registering keyboard notification       self registerForKeyboardNotifications           Your codes here         You are done  hope your textFields will no longer hidden by the keyboard

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Small variation with Swift 4 2     On my UITableView I had many sections but I had to avoid the floating header effect so I used a  dummyViewHeight  approach as seen somewhere else here on Stack Overflow    So this is my solution for this problem  it works also for keyboard   toolbar   suggestions    Declare it as class constant   let dummyViewHeight  CGFloat   40 0   Then  override func viewDidLoad         super viewDidLoad             some stuff here  not needed for this example         Create non floating header     tableView tableHeaderView   UIView frame  CGRect x  0  y  0  width  tableView bounds size width  height  dummyViewHeight       tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsets top  -dummyViewHeight  left  0  bottom  0  right  0       addObservers      override func viewWillDisappear   animated  Bool        super viewWillDisappear animated      removeObservers       And here all the magic      objc func keyboardWillShow notification  NSNotification        if let userInfo   notification userInfo           let keyboardHeight    userInfo UIResponder keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey  as AnyObject  cgRectValue size height         tableView tableHeaderView   UIView frame  CGRect x  0  y  0  width  self tableView bounds size width  height  dummyViewHeight           tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsets top  -dummyViewHeight  left  0  bottom  keyboardHeight  right  0            objc func keyboardWillHide notification  NSNotification        UIView animate withDuration  0 25            self tableView tableHeaderView   UIView frame  CGRect x  0  y  0  width  self tableView bounds size width  height  self dummyViewHeight           self tableView contentInset   UIEdgeInsets top  -self dummyViewHeight  left  0  bottom  0  right  0

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Here is my solution inspired by  Event edit  screen from iOS7 Calendar app   One of key points of this solution is that keyboard is dismissed when user scrolls table   Implementation   1  Add property that will store selected textfield    property  strong  UITextField  currentTextField    and BOOL variable that we will use to check if we need to hide keyboard when user scrolls table   BOOL hideKeyboardOnScroll    2  Handle UITextField delegate callbacks    pragma mark - UITextFieldDelegate  -  void  textFieldDidBeginEditing   UITextField    textField       self currentTextField   textField     -  void  textFieldDidEndEditing   UITextField    textField       self currentTextField   nil     -  BOOL  textFieldShouldReturn   UITextField    textField       textField resignFirstResponder        CGPoint newContentOffset   CGPointZero      if  tableView contentSize height  gt  tableView frame size height            newContentOffset y   MIN tableView contentOffset y  tableView contentSize height - tableView frame size height              tableView setContentOffset  newContentOffset animated  YES        return YES      3  Handle UIScrollViewDelegate method to check that user scroll view    pragma mark - UIScrollViewDelegate  -  void  scrollViewDidScroll   UIScrollView    scrollView       if  hideKeyboardOnScroll    YES             self currentTextField resignFirstResponder             4  Subscribe to keyboard notifications in viewcontroller s  viewWillAppear  method and unsubscribe in  viewWillDisappear  method   -  void  viewWillAppear   BOOL  animated        super viewWillAppear  animated           NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  addObserver  self selector   selector keyboardWillShow                                                     name  UIKeyboardWillShowNotification object  nil          NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  addObserver  self selector   selector keyboardWillHide                                                     name  UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object  nil      -  void  viewWillDisappear   BOOL  animated        super viewWillDisappear  animated           NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  removeObserver  self name  UIKeyboardDidShowNotification object  nil          NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter  removeObserver  self name  UIKeyboardWillHideNotification object  nil           5  Handle keyboard notifications   -  void  keyboardWillShow   NSNotification    notification       CGRect keyboardFrame        notification userInfo  objectForKey  UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey  CGRectValue           Find cell with textfield      CGRect textFieldFrame    tableView convertRect  self currentTextField frame fromView  self currentTextField       NSIndexPath  indexPath    tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint  textFieldFrame origin       UITableViewCell  cell    tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath  indexPath                  Shrink tableView size      CGRect tableViewFrame   tableView frame      tableView frame   CGRectMake tableView frame origin x  tableView frame origin y  tableView frame size width                               self view frame size height - tableView frame origin y - keyboardFrame size height                  Check if cell is visible in shrinked table size      BOOL cellIsFullyVisible   YES      if   cell frame origin y  lt  tableView contentOffset y             cell frame origin y   cell frame size height   gt   tableView contentOffset y   tableView frame size height              cellIsFullyVisible   NO                       If cell is not fully visible when scroll table to show cell      if  cellIsFullyVisible    NO            CGPoint contentOffset   CGPointMake tableView contentOffset x  CGRectGetMaxY cell frame  - tableView frame size height           if  cell frame origin y  lt  tableView contentOffset y                contentOffset y   cell frame origin y                    contentOffset y   MAX 0  contentOffset y               For some reason  setContentOffset  is called without delay then            this code may not work for some cells  That why we call it with brief delay          dispatch time t popTime   dispatch time DISPATCH TIME NOW   int64 t  0 1   NSEC PER SEC            dispatch after popTime  dispatch get main queue      void                UIView animateWithDuration  0 5 animations                     tableView setContentOffset  contentOffset animated  NO                 completion    BOOL finished                    hideKeyboardOnScroll   YES                                    else           hideKeyboardOnScroll   YES                       Finally restore original table frame      tableView frame   tableViewFrame            -  void  keyboardWillHide   NSNotification    notification        super keyboardWillHide  notification        hideKeyboardOnScroll   NO

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An example in Swift  using the exact point of the text field from  Get indexPath of UITextField in UITableViewCell with Swift   func textFieldDidBeginEditing textField  UITextField        let pointInTable   textField convertPoint textField bounds origin  toView  self accountsTableView      let textFieldIndexPath   self accountsTableView indexPathForRowAtPoint pointInTable      accountsTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath textFieldIndexPath   atScrollPosition   Top  animated  true

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I m using these and they work like a charm   BSKeyboardControls - BSKeyboardControls github  TPKeyboardAvoiding - TPKeyboardAvoiding github

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This works perfectly  and on iPad too   -  BOOL textFieldShouldReturn  UITextField   textField         if textField    textfield1                accountName1TextField becomeFirstResponder            else if textField    textfield2                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 0 inSection 1  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES                textfield3 becomeFirstResponder             else if textField    textfield3                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 1 inSection 1  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES                textfield4 becomeFirstResponder             else if textField    textfield4                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 2 inSection 1  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES                textfield5 becomeFirstResponder             else if textField    textfield5                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 3 inSection 1  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES                textfield6 becomeFirstResponder             else if textField    textfield6                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 4 inSection 1  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES                textfield7 becomeFirstResponder             else if textField    textfield7                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 5 inSection 1  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES                textfield8 becomeFirstResponder             else if textField    textfield8                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 6 inSection 1  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES                textfield9 becomeFirstResponder             else if textField    textfield9                self tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath  NSIndexPath indexPathForRow 7 inSection 1  atScrollPosition UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated YES                textField resignFirstResponder

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