[ios] Move a view up only when the keyboard covers an input field

I am trying to build an input screen for the iPhone. The screen has a number of input fields. Most of them on the top of the screen, but two fields are at the bottom. When the user tries to edit the text on the bottom of the screen, the keyboard will pop up and it will cover the screen. I found a simple solution to move the screen up when this happens, but the result is that the screen always moves up and the fields on top of the screen move out of reach when the user tries to edit those.

Is there a way to have the screen only move when the bottom fields are edited?

I have used this code I found here:

override func 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)
}

func keyboardWillShow(sender: NSNotification) {
    self.view.frame.origin.y -= 150
}

func keyboardWillHide(sender: NSNotification) {
    self.view.frame.origin.y += 150
}

I think this clause is wrong:

if (!CGRectContainsPoint(aRect, activeField!.frame.origin))

While the activeField's origin may well be above the keyboard, the maxY might not...

I would create a 'max' point for the activeField and check if that is in the keyboard Rect.

Is there a way to have the screen only move when the bottom fields are edited?

I had a similar problem and found a pretty straightforward solution without using a scrollView, and instead using if statements within the keyboardWillShow/Hide methods.

func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    if bottomText.editing{
        self.view.window?.frame.origin.y = -1 * getKeyboardHeight(notification)
    }
}

func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    if self.view.window?.frame.origin.y != 0 {
        self.view.window?.frame.origin.y += getKeyboardHeight(notification)
    }
}

This was a good solution for me because I only had two text fields.

Shifts whole view up: only when certain text fields (bottomText) are edited

Shifts whole view down: only when the view is not at the original location

Just use this extension to move any UIView when keyboard is presented.

extension UIView {
    func bindToKeyboard(){
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.keyboardWillChange(_:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillChangeFrame, object: nil)
    }

    @objc func keyboardWillChange(_ notification: NSNotification){
        let duration = notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] as! Double
        let curve = notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] as! UInt
        let beginningFrame = (notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue
        let endFrame = (notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue

        let deltaY = endFrame.origin.y - beginningFrame.origin.y

        UIView.animateKeyframes(withDuration: duration, delay: 0.0, options: UIViewKeyframeAnimationOptions(rawValue: curve), animations: {
            self.frame.origin.y += deltaY
        }, completion: nil)
    }
}

Then in your viewdidload bind your view to the keyboard

UiView.bindToKeyboard()

Here's my version after reading the documentation provided by Apple and the previous posts. One thing I noticed is that the textView was not handled when covered by the keyboard. Unfortunately, Apple's documentation won't work because, for whatever reason, the keyboard is called AFTER the textViewDidBeginEditing is called. I handled this by calling a central method that checks if the keyboard is displayed AND if a textView or textField is being edited. This way, the process is only fired when BOTH conditions exists.

Another point with textViews is that their height may be such that the keyboard clips the bottom of the textView and would not adjust if the Top-Left point of the was in view. So, the code I wrote actually takes the screen-referenced Bottom-Left point of any textView or textField and sees if it falls in the screen-referenced coordinates of the presented keyboard implying that the keyboard covers some portion of it.

let aRect : CGRect = scrollView.convertRect(activeFieldRect!, toView: nil)
    if (CGRectContainsPoint(keyboardRect!, CGPointMake(aRect.origin.x, aRect.maxY))) {
        // scroll textView/textField into view
    }

If you're using a navigation controller, the subclass also sets the scroll view automatic adjustment for insets to false.

self.automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = false

It walks through each textView and textField to set delegates for handling

    for view in self.view.subviews {
        if view is UITextView {
            let tv = view as! UITextView
            tv.delegate = self
        } else if view is UITextField {
            let tf = view as! UITextField
            tf.delegate = self
        }
    }

Simply set your base class to the subclass created here for results.

import UIKit

class ScrollingFormViewController: UIViewController, UITextViewDelegate, UITextFieldDelegate {

var activeFieldRect: CGRect?
var keyboardRect: CGRect?
var scrollView: UIScrollView!

override func viewDidLoad() {

    self.automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = false

    super.viewDidLoad()

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
    self.registerForKeyboardNotifications()
    for view in self.view.subviews {
        if view is UITextView {
            let tv = view as! UITextView
            tv.delegate = self
        } else if view is UITextField {
            let tf = view as! UITextField
            tf.delegate = self
        }
    }
    scrollView = UIScrollView(frame: self.view.frame)
    scrollView.scrollEnabled = false
    scrollView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = false
    scrollView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = false
    scrollView.addSubview(self.view)
    self.view = scrollView
}

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
    scrollView.sizeToFit()
    scrollView.contentSize = scrollView.frame.size
    super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
}

deinit {
    self.deregisterFromKeyboardNotifications()
}

override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}


func registerForKeyboardNotifications()
{
    //Adding notifies on keyboard appearing
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ScrollingFormViewController.keyboardWasShown), name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: #selector(ScrollingFormViewController.keyboardWillBeHidden), name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}


func deregisterFromKeyboardNotifications()
{
    //Removing notifies on keyboard appearing
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self, name: UIKeyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(self, name: UIKeyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

func keyboardWasShown(notification: NSNotification)
{
    let info : NSDictionary = notification.userInfo!
    keyboardRect = (info[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.CGRectValue()
    adjustForKeyboard()
}


func keyboardWillBeHidden(notification: NSNotification)
{
    keyboardRect = nil
    adjustForKeyboard()
}

func adjustForKeyboard() {
    if keyboardRect != nil && activeFieldRect != nil {
        let aRect : CGRect = scrollView.convertRect(activeFieldRect!, toView: nil)
        if (CGRectContainsPoint(keyboardRect!, CGPointMake(aRect.origin.x, aRect.maxY)))
        {
            scrollView.scrollEnabled = true
            let contentInsets : UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 0.0, keyboardRect!.size.height, 0.0)
            scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
            scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets
            scrollView.scrollRectToVisible(activeFieldRect!, animated: true)
        }
    } else {
        let contentInsets : UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsZero
        scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
        scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets
        scrollView.scrollEnabled = false
    }
}

func textViewDidBeginEditing(textView: UITextView) {
    activeFieldRect = textView.frame
    adjustForKeyboard()
}

func textViewDidEndEditing(textView: UITextView) {
    activeFieldRect = nil
    adjustForKeyboard()
}

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(textField: UITextField)
{
    activeFieldRect = textField.frame
    adjustForKeyboard()
}

func textFieldDidEndEditing(textField: UITextField)
{
    activeFieldRect = nil
    adjustForKeyboard()
}

}

Swift: You can do this by checking which textField is being presented.

@objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    if self.textField.isFirstResponder == true {
        self.view.frame.origin.y -= 150
     }
}

@objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification){
    if self.textField.isFirstResponder == true {
       self.view.frame.origin.y += 150
    }
}

This code moves up the text field you are editing so that you can view it in Swift 3 for this answer you also have to make your view a UITextFieldDelegate:

var moveValue: CGFloat!
var moved: Bool = false
var activeTextField = UITextField()

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
    self.activeTextField = textField
}
func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
    if moved == true{
    self.animateViewMoving(up: false, moveValue: moveValue )
        moved = false
    }
}
func animateViewMoving (up:Bool, moveValue :CGFloat){
    let movementDuration:TimeInterval = 0.3
    let movement:CGFloat = ( up ? -moveValue : moveValue)

    UIView.beginAnimations("animateView", context: nil)
    UIView.setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState(true)
    UIView.setAnimationDuration(movementDuration)

    self.view.frame = self.view.frame.offsetBy(dx: 0, dy: movement)
    UIView.commitAnimations()
}

And then in viewDidLoad:

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow), name: .UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)

Which calls (outside viewDidLoad):

func keyboardWillShow(notification: Notification) {
    if let keyboardSize = (notification.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {
        let keyboardHeight = keyboardSize.height
        if (view.frame.size.height-self.activeTextField.frame.origin.y) - self.activeTextField.frame.size.height < keyboardHeight{
            moveValue = keyboardHeight - ((view.frame.size.height-self.activeTextField.frame.origin.y) - self.activeTextField.frame.size.height)
            self.animateViewMoving(up: true, moveValue: moveValue )
            moved = true
        }
    }
}

Rewritten for swift 4.2

In ViewDidLoad..

 NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(trailViewController.keyboardWasShown), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
 NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(trailViewController.keyboardWillBeHidden), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)

Remaining Funtions

func registerForKeyboardNotifications(){
    //Adding notifies on keyboard appearing
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWasShown(notification:)), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillBeHidden(notification:)), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

func deregisterFromKeyboardNotifications(){
    //Removing notifies on keyboard appearing
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
}

@objc func keyboardWasShown(notification: NSNotification){
    //Need to calculate keyboard exact size due to Apple suggestions
    self.scrollView.isScrollEnabled = true
    var info = notification.userInfo!
    let keyboardSize = (info[UIResponder.keyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue.size
    let contentInsets : UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0.0, left: 0.0, bottom: keyboardSize!.height, right: 0.0)

    self.scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
    self.scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets

    var aRect : CGRect = self.view.frame
    aRect.size.height -= keyboardSize!.height
    if let activeField = self.activeField {
        if (!aRect.contains(activeField.frame.origin)){
            self.scrollView.scrollRectToVisible(activeField.frame, animated: true)
        }
    }
}

@objc func keyboardWillBeHidden(notification: NSNotification){
    //Once keyboard disappears, restore original positions
    var info = notification.userInfo!
    let keyboardSize = (info[UIResponder.keyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue.size
    let contentInsets : UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0.0, left: 0.0, bottom: -keyboardSize!.height, right: 0.0)
    self.scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
    self.scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets
    self.view.endEditing(true)
    self.scrollView.isScrollEnabled = false
}

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField){
    activeField = textField
}

func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField){
    activeField = nil
}

For Swift 4.2

This code will allow you to control the Y axis moment of the frame for a specific device screen size.

PS: This code will not intelligently move the frame based on the location of TextField.

Create an extension for UIDevice

extension UIDevice {
    enum ScreenType: String {
        case iPhone4_4S = "iPhone 4 or iPhone 4s"
        case iPhones_5_5s_5c_SE = "iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c or iPhone SE"
        case iPhones_6_6s_7_8 = "iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7 or iPhone 8"
        case iPhones_6Plus_6sPlus_7Plus_8Plus = "iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7 Plus or iPhone 8 Plus"
        case iPhoneX_Xs = "iPhone X, iPhone Xs"
        case iPhoneXR = "iPhone XR"
        case iPhoneXSMax = "iPhone Xs Max"
        case unknown
    }
    var screenType: ScreenType {
        switch UIScreen.main.nativeBounds.height {
        case 960:
            return .iPhone4_4S
        case 1136:
            return .iPhones_5_5s_5c_SE
        case 1334:
            return .iPhones_6_6s_7_8
        case 1920, 2208:
            return .iPhones_6Plus_6sPlus_7Plus_8Plus
        case 1792:
            return .iPhoneXR
        case 2436:
            return .iPhoneX_Xs
        case 2688:
            return .iPhoneXSMax
        default:
            return .unknown
        }
    }
}

Add NotificationObserver on viewDidLoad

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)

Selector

@objc func keyboardWillShow(notification: NSNotification) {
    if ((notification.userInfo?[UIResponder.keyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue) != nil {
        if self.view.frame.origin.y == 0 {
            switch (UIDevice.current.screenType.rawValue) {
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhones_5_5s_5c_SE.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y -= 210
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhones_6_6s_7_8.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y -= 110
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhones_6Plus_6sPlus_7Plus_8Plus.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y -= 80
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhoneX_Xs.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y -= 70
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhoneXR.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y -= 70
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhoneXSMax.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y -= 70
            default:
                self.view.frame.origin.y -= 150
            }
        }
    }
}

@objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
    if ((notification.userInfo?[UIResponder.keyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue) != nil {
        if self.view.frame.origin.y != 0 {
            switch (UIDevice.current.screenType.rawValue) {
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhones_5_5s_5c_SE.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y += 210
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhones_6_6s_7_8.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y += 110
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhones_6Plus_6sPlus_7Plus_8Plus.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y += 80
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhoneX_Xs.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y += 70
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhoneXR.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y += 70
            case (UIDevice.ScreenType.iPhoneXSMax.rawValue):
                self.view.frame.origin.y += 70
            default:
                self.view.frame.origin.y += 150
            }
        }
    }
}

Swift 4.2

My solution will (vertically) center the view on a UITextField if its position is under the keyboard.

Step 1: Create new swift file and copy-paste UIViewWithKeyboard class.
Step 2: In Interface Builder set it as a Custom Class for your top most UIView.

import UIKit

class UIViewWithKeyboard: UIView {
    @IBInspectable var offsetMultiplier: CGFloat = 0.75
    private var keyboardHeight = 0 as CGFloat
    private weak var activeTextField: UITextField?
    override func awakeFromNib() {
        super.awakeFromNib()
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(UIViewWithKeyboard.textDidBeginEditing),
                                               name: UITextField.textDidBeginEditingNotification, object: nil)
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(UIViewWithKeyboard.keyboardWillShow),
                                               name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil)
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(UIViewWithKeyboard.keyboardWillHide),
                                               name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil)
    }

    @objc func textDidBeginEditing(_ notification: NSNotification) {
        self.activeTextField = notification.object as? UITextField
    }

    @objc func keyboardWillShow(_ notification: Notification) {
        if let frameValue = notification.userInfo?[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue {
            keyboardHeight = frameValue.cgRectValue.size.height
            if let textField = self.activeTextField {
                let offset = textField.frame.maxY < frame.maxY - keyboardHeight ? 0
                           : textField.frame.maxY - (frame.maxY - keyboardHeight) * offsetMultiplier
                self.setView(offset: offset)
            }
        }
    }

    @objc func keyboardWillHide(_ notification: NSNotification) {
        self.setView(offset: 0)
    }

    func setView(offset: CGFloat) {
        UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.25) {
            self.bounds.origin.y = offset
        }
    }
}

"I forgot to mention that I am new to Swift :( What would be the correct syntax to check this? (how do I get the field name in this function?) "

Ok . First confirm to the UITextFieldDelegate protocol

class YourClass:UITextFieldDelegate

Then implement the function

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(textField: UITextField!) {

    if textField == txtOne
    {
        println("TextOne")
    }
    if textField == txtTwo
    {
        println("TextTwo")
    }
}

You should note that the proper approach is to use a scrollview and place the view that should be shifted up/down inside the scroll view and handle keyboard events accordingly

Since there were no answer on how to do this in Combine, here is the approach i used.

1. We create a publisher to listen to both Notifications, show and hide.
2. For show we get the frame of the keyboard from the notifications userInfo and check if the current active responder is contained in it. If it's covered return keyboard frame height. If it is not covered return 0, we don't want to move the frame. For the hide notification we simply return 0.

private var keyboardHeightPublisher: AnyPublisher<CGFloat, Never> {
    Publishers.Merge(
        NotificationCenter.default
            .publisher(for: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification)
            .compactMap { $0.userInfo?[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? CGRect }
            .map { $0.intersects(self.view.firstResponder!.frame) ? $0.height : 0 }
            .map { $0 * -1 },
        NotificationCenter.default
            .publisher(for: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification)
            .map { _ in CGFloat(0) }
    ).eraseToAnyPublisher()
}

In the viewDidLoad we simply subscribe to the publisher changing the views frame accordingly.

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    keyboardHeightPublisher.sink{ [weak self] height in
        self?.view.frame.origin.y = height
    }.store(in: &cancelables)
}

EDIT
Be careful! If the firstResponder is in a subview, you have to calculate the frame corresponding to the whole screen to check if they actually intersect.
Example:

let myViewGlobalFrame = myView.convert(myView.frame, to: parentView)

Swift 3

@IBOutlet var scrollView: UIScrollView!
@IBOutlet var edtEmail: UITextField!
@IBOutlet var bottomTextfieldConstrain: NSLayoutConstraint! // <- this guy is the constrain that connect the bottom of textField to lower object or bottom of page!

 @IBAction func edtEmailEditingDidBegin(_ sender: Any) { 
        self.bottomTextfieldConstrain.constant = 200
        let point = CGPoint(x: 0, y: 200)
        scrollView.contentOffset = point
    }

@IBAction func edtEmailEditingDidEnd(_ sender: Any) { 
    self.bottomTextfieldConstrain.constant = 50
}

Swift 4 Updated my solution

with constraint animation on keyboard show/hide, enjoy.

import Foundation
import UIKit

class PhoneController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate{

    var phoneLayoutYConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint?

    override func viewDidLoad() {

        super.viewDidLoad()

        view.backgroundColor = .white

        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(handleKeyBoardNotification(_:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(handleKeyBoardNotification(_:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
        phoneField.delegate = self

        view.addSubview(phoneField)

        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([phoneField.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 50),
                                     phoneField.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor),
                                     phoneField.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leadingAnchor, constant: 20),
                                     phoneField.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.trailingAnchor, constant: -20)])

        phoneLayoutYConstraint = NSLayoutConstraint(item: phoneField, attribute: .bottom, relatedBy: .equal, toItem: view, attribute: .bottom, multiplier: 1, constant: 0)
        phoneLayoutYConstraint?.isActive = true

    }

    let phoneField: UITextField = {
        let text = UITextField()
        text.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
        text.keyboardType = .numberPad
        text.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 30)
        text.layer.cornerRadius = 5.0
        text.layer.masksToBounds = true
        text.layer.borderColor = UIColor.darkGray.cgColor
        text.layer.borderWidth = 2.0

        return text
    }()


    override func viewDidDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillDisappear(animated)
        NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self)
    }

    func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {

    }


    func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {

    }

    func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        textField.resignFirstResponder()
        return true
    }


   @objc func handleKeyBoardNotification(_ notification: NSNotification) {

        if let info = notification.userInfo {

            let keyboardSize = (info[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue.size
            let isKeyBoardShowing = notification.name == NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow

            var aRect : CGRect = self.phoneField.frame
            aRect.size.height -= keyboardSize!.height


            phoneLayoutYConstraint?.constant = isKeyBoardShowing ? -keyboardSize!.height : 0

            UIView.animate(withDuration: 0, delay: 0, options: .curveEaseOut, animations: {
                self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
            }, completion: { (boo) in

            })

        }
    }

}

Why not implement this in a UITableViewController instead? The keyboard won't hide any text fields when its shown.

First of all declare a variable to identify your active UITextField.

Step 1:-

Like as var activeTextField: UITextField?

Step 2:- After this add these two lines in viewDidLoad.

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.keyboardWillShow(_:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.keyboardWillHide(_:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)

Step 3:-

Now define these two methods in your controller class.

func keyboardWillShow(_ notification: NSNotification) {

    self.scrollView.isScrollEnabled = true
    var info = notification.userInfo!
    let keyboardSize = (info[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue.size
    let contentInsets : UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 0.0, keyboardSize!.height, 0.0)

    self.scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
    self.scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets

    var aRect : CGRect = self.view.frame
    aRect.size.height -= keyboardSize!.height
    if let activeField = self.activeField {
        if (!aRect.contains(activeField.frame.origin)){
            self.scrollView.scrollRectToVisible(activeField.frame, animated: true)
        }
    }
}


func keyboardWillHide(_ notification: NSNotification) {

    let contentInsets : UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
    self.scrollView.contentInset = contentInsets
    self.scrollView.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets
    self.view.endEditing(true)
    self.scrollView.isScrollEnabled = true
}


func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField){

    activeField = textField
}

func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField){

    activeField = nil
}

Swift 3 syntax:

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
    // add if for some desired textfields
        animateViewMoving(up: true, moveValue: 100)
}

func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
    // add if for some desired textfields
        animateViewMoving(up: false, moveValue: 100)
}

func animateViewMoving (up:Bool, moveValue :CGFloat){
     textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {

    let movementDuration:TimeInterval = 0.5

    let movement:CGFloat = ( up ? -moveValue : moveValue)

    UIView.beginAnimations("animateView", context: nil)

    UIView.setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState(true)

    UIView.setAnimationDuration(movementDuration)

    self.view.frame = self.view.frame.offsetBy(dx: 0, dy: movement)

    UIView.commitAnimations()
}

this is a nice method to get what you want you can add "if" conditions for certain textfields but this type works for all... Hope it can be useful for everyone

Swift 4

You Can Easily Move Up And Down UITextField With Keyboard With Animation

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet var textField: UITextField!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillChange), name: .UIKeyboardWillChangeFrame, object: nil)
    }

    override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        textField.resignFirstResponder()
    }

    @objc func keyboardWillChange(notification: NSNotification) {

        let duration = notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] as! Double
        let curve = notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] as! UInt
        let curFrame = (notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue
        let targetFrame = (notification.userInfo![UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as! NSValue).cgRectValue
        let deltaY = targetFrame.origin.y - curFrame.origin.y

        UIView.animateKeyframes(withDuration: duration, delay: 0.0, options: UIViewKeyframeAnimationOptions(rawValue: curve), animations: {
            self.textField.frame.origin.y+=deltaY

        },completion: nil)
    }

Here is My 2 cents:

Have you tried: https://github.com/hackiftekhar/IQKeyboardManager

Extremely easy to install Swift or Objective-C.

Here how it works:

IQKeyboardManager (Swift):- IQKeyboardManagerSwift is available through CocoaPods, to install it simply add the following line to your Podfile: (#236)

pod 'IQKeyboardManagerSwift'

In AppDelegate.swift, just import IQKeyboardManagerSwift framework and enable IQKeyboardManager.

import IQKeyboardManagerSwift

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {

    var window: UIWindow?

    func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {

    IQKeyboardManager.sharedManager().enable = true
    // For Swift 4, use this instead
    // IQKeyboardManager.shared.enable = true


    return true
    }
}

And that is all. Easy!

The one I found to work perfectly for me was this:

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(textField: UITextField) {
    if textField == email || textField == password {
        animateViewMoving(true, moveValue: 100)
    }
}

func textFieldDidEndEditing(textField: UITextField) {
    if textField == email || textField == password {
        animateViewMoving(false, moveValue: 100)
    }
}

func animateViewMoving (up:Bool, moveValue :CGFloat){
    let movementDuration:NSTimeInterval = 0.3
    let movement:CGFloat = ( up ? -moveValue : moveValue)

    UIView.beginAnimations("animateView", context: nil)
    UIView.setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState(true)
    UIView.setAnimationDuration(movementDuration)

    self.view.frame = CGRectOffset(self.view.frame, 0, movement)
    UIView.commitAnimations()
}

You can also change the height values. Remove the "if statement" if you want to use it for all text fields.

You can even use this for all controls that require user input like TextView.

I use SwiftLint, which had a few issues with the formatting of the accepted answer. Specifically:

no space before the colon, no force casting, prefer UIEdgeInset(top: etc... instead of UIEdgeInsetMake.

so here are those updates for Swift 3

func registerForKeyboardNotifications() {
    //Adding notifies on keyboard appearing
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWasShown(notification:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillBeHidden(notification:)), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
}

func deregisterFromKeyboardNotifications() {
    //Removing notifies on keyboard appearing
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil)
    NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
}

func keyboardWasShown(notification: NSNotification) {
    //Need to calculate keyboard exact size due to Apple suggestions
    scrollView?.isScrollEnabled = true
    var info = notification.userInfo!
    if let keyboardSize = (info[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue.size {
        let contentInsets: UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0.0, left: 0.0, bottom: keyboardSize.height, right: 0.0)

        scrollView?.contentInset = contentInsets
        scrollView?.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets

        var aRect: CGRect = self.view.frame
        aRect.size.height -= keyboardSize.height
        if let activeField = self.activeField {
            if !aRect.contains(activeField.frame.origin) {
                self.scrollView.scrollRectToVisible(activeField.frame, animated: true)
            }
        }
    }
}

func keyboardWillBeHidden(notification: NSNotification) {
    //Once keyboard disappears, restore original positions
    var info = notification.userInfo!
    if let keyboardSize = (info[UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue.size {
        let contentInsets: UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0.0, left: 0.0, bottom: -keyboardSize.height, right: 0.0)
        scrollView?.contentInset = contentInsets
        scrollView?.scrollIndicatorInsets = contentInsets
    }

    view.endEditing(true)
    scrollView?.isScrollEnabled = false
}

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
    activeField = textField
}

func textFieldDidEndEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
    activeField = nil
}

for swift 4.2.

This will apply to any form. No need of scrollview. do not forget to set delegate.

Make a var of uitextfield

var clickedTextField = UITextField()

In your viewdid load

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillShow), name:NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow, object: nil);
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(keyboardWillHide), name:NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil);

Know the clicked text field. probably you are having textfields on the entire screen.

func textFieldDidBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) {
    clickedTextField = textField
}

Check if the keyboard is covering textfield or not.

@objc func keyboardWillShow(sender: NSNotification,_ textField : UITextField) {
    if let keyboardSize = (sender.userInfo?[UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue {

        if clickedTextField.frame.origin.y > keyboardSize.origin.y {
            self.view.frame.origin.y = keyboardSize.origin.y - clickedTextField.center.y - 20
        }
    }
}

@objc func keyboardWillHide(sender: NSNotification) {
    self.view.frame.origin.y = 0
}

Return to close keyboard

func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {   //delegate method
    textField.resignFirstResponder()
    return true
}

UPDATE : NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillShow & NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide are renamed to UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification & UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification respectively.

Swift 4 (**updated) with extension**

1. add the buttons in one container
2. connect bottom constraint of the container with IBOutlet containerBtmConstrain

3. inViewDidLoad

   self.containerDependOnKeyboardBottomConstrain = containerBtmConstrain
   self.watchForKeyboard() 
   

4. add the following extension

   import UIKit
   
   private var xoAssociationKeyForBottomConstrainInVC: UInt8 = 0
   
   extension UIViewController {
   
       var containerDependOnKeyboardBottomConstrain :NSLayoutConstraint! {
           get {
               return objc_getAssociatedObject(self, &xoAssociationKeyForBottomConstrainInVC) as? NSLayoutConstraint
           }
           set(newValue) {
               objc_setAssociatedObject(self, &xoAssociationKeyForBottomConstrainInVC, newValue, objc_AssociationPolicy.OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN)
           }
       }
   
       func watchForKeyboard() {
           NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.keyboardWasShown(notification:)), name:UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil);
           NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.keyboardWillHide(notification:)), name:UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil);
       }
   
       @objc func keyboardWasShown(notification: NSNotification) {
           let info = notification.userInfo!
           guard let keyboardFrame: CGRect = (info[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue)?.cgRectValue else {
             return
           }
   
           UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3, animations: { () -> Void in
               self.containerDependOnKeyboardBottomConstrain.constant = -keyboardFrame.height
               self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
           })
       }
   
       @objc func keyboardWillHide(notification: NSNotification) {
           UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3, animations: { () -> Void in
               self.containerDependOnKeyboardBottomConstrain.constant = 0
               self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
           })
       }
   }
   

Awesome answers are already given but this is a different way to deal with this situation (using Swift 3x):

First of all call the following method in viewWillAppear()

func registerForKeyboardNotifications() {

NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.keyboardWasShown), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardDidShow, object: nil)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(self.keyboardWillBeHidden), name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)

}

Now take one IBOutlet of UIView's top constraints of your UIViewcontroller like this: (here the UIView is the subview of UIScrollView that means you should have a UIScrollView for all your subViews)

@IBOutlet weak var loginViewTopConstraint: NSLayoutConstraint!

And an another variable like following and add a delegate i.e. UITextFieldDelegate:

var activeTextField = UITextField() //This is to keep the reference of UITextField currently active

After that here is the magical part just paste this below snippet:

func keyboardWasShown(_ notification: Notification) {

let keyboardInfo  = notification.userInfo as NSDictionary?

//print(keyboardInfo!)

let keyboardFrameEnd: NSValue? = (keyboardInfo?.value(forKey: UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey) as? NSValue)

let keyboardFrameEndRect: CGRect? = keyboardFrameEnd?.cgRectValue


if activeTextField.frame.origin.y + activeTextField.frame.size.height + 10 > (keyboardFrameEndRect?.origin.y)! {

    UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3, delay: 0, options: .transitionFlipFromTop, animations: {() -> Void in

        //code with animation

        //Print some stuff to know what is actually happening
        //print(self.activeTextField.frame.origin.y)
        //print(self.activeTextField.frame.size.height)
        //print(self.activeTextField.frame.size.height)

        self.loginViewTopConstraint.constant = -(self.activeTextField.frame.origin.y + self.activeTextField.frame.size.height - (keyboardFrameEndRect?.origin.y)!) - 30.0

        self.view.layoutIfNeeded()

    }, completion: {(_ finished: Bool) -> Void in
        //code for completion

    })
}
}

func keyboardWillBeHidden(_ notification: Notification) {

UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.3, animations: {() -> Void in

    self.loginViewTopConstraint.constant = self.view.frame.origin.y
    self.view.layoutIfNeeded()

})
}

//MARK: textfield delegates
func textFieldShouldBeginEditing(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
    activeTextField = textField
    return true
}

func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {

           switch textField {
    case YOUR_TEXTFIELD_ONE:
        YOUR_TEXTFIELD_TWO.becomeFirstResponder()
        break
    case YOUR_TEXTFIELD_TWO:
        YOUR_TEXTFIELD_THREE.becomeFirstResponder()
        break
    default:
        textField.resignFirstResponder()
        break
    }
    return true
}

Now the last snippet:

//Remove Keyboard Observers
override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {

NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardDidShow, object: nil)

NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(self, name: NSNotification.Name.UIKeyboardWillHide, object: nil)
}

Don't forget to assign delegates to all your UITextFields in UIStoryboard

Good luck!

The accepted anwser is nearly perfect. But I need to use UIKeyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey instead of UIKeyboardFrameBeginUserInfoKey, because the latter return keyborad height 0. And change the hittest point to the bottom not origin.

    var aRect : CGRect = self.view.frame
    aRect.size.height -= keyboardSize!.height
    if let activeField = self.activeField {
        var point = activeField.frame.origin
        point.y += activeField.frame.size.height
        if (!aRect.contains(point)){
            self.scrollView.scrollRectToVisible(activeField.frame, animated: true)
        }
    }