Added ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious to ignore any textField with previous/next button navigation, however user can still tap on the textField to become first responder.

Author: hackiftekhar

IQKeyboardManager/Categories/IQUITextFieldView+Additions.h

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
  */
 @property(nonatomic, assign) CGFloat keyboardDistanceFromTextField;
 
+/**
+ If shouldIgnoreSwitchingByNextPrevious is YES then library will ignore this textField/textView while moving to other textField/textView using keyboard toolbar next previous buttons. Default is NO
+ */
+@property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious;
+
 @end
 
 ///-------------------------------------------

IQKeyboardManager/Categories/IQUITextFieldView+Additions.m

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ -(void)setKeyboardDistanceFromTextField:(CGFloat)keyboardDistanceFromTextField
     //Can't be less than zero. Minimum is zero.
     keyboardDistanceFromTextField = MAX(keyboardDistanceFromTextField, 0);
 
-    objc_setAssociatedObject(self, @selector(keyboardDistanceFromTextField), [NSNumber numberWithFloat:keyboardDistanceFromTextField], OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
+    objc_setAssociatedObject(self, @selector(keyboardDistanceFromTextField), @(keyboardDistanceFromTextField), OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
 }
 
 -(CGFloat)keyboardDistanceFromTextField
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ -(CGFloat)keyboardDistanceFromTextField
     return (keyboardDistanceFromTextField)?[keyboardDistanceFromTextField floatValue]:kIQUseDefaultKeyboardDistance;
 }
 
+-(void)setIgnoreSwitchingByNextPrevious:(BOOL)ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious
+{
+    objc_setAssociatedObject(self, @selector(ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious), @(ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious), OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
+}
+
+-(BOOL)ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious
+{
+    NSNumber *ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious = objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious));
+    
+    return [ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious boolValue];
+}
+
 @end
 
 ///------------------------------------

IQKeyboardManager/Categories/IQUIView+Hierarchy.m

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 // THE SOFTWARE.
 
 #import "IQUIView+Hierarchy.h"
+#import "IQUITextFieldView+Additions.h"
 
 #import <UIKit/UICollectionView.h>
 #import <UIKit/UIAlertController.h>
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ - (NSArray*)responderSiblings
     NSMutableArray<UIView*> *tempTextFields = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
 
     for (UIView *textField in siblings)
-        if ([textField _IQcanBecomeFirstResponder])
+        if ((textField == self || textField.ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious == NO) && [textField _IQcanBecomeFirstResponder])
             [tempTextFields addObject:textField];
 
     return tempTextFields;
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ - (NSArray*)deepResponderViews
 
     for (UIView *textField in self.subviews)
     {
-        if ([textField _IQcanBecomeFirstResponder])
+        if ((textField == self || textField.ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious == NO) && [textField _IQcanBecomeFirstResponder])
         {
             [textFields addObject:textField];
         }

IQKeyboardManagerSwift/Categories/IQUITextFieldView+Additions.swift

@@ -30,15 +30,16 @@ Uses default keyboard distance for textField.
 public let kIQUseDefaultKeyboardDistance = CGFloat.greatestFiniteMagnitude
 
 private var kIQKeyboardDistanceFromTextField = "kIQKeyboardDistanceFromTextField"
+private var kIQIgnoreSwitchingByNextPrevious = "kIQIgnoreSwitchingByNextPrevious"
 
 /**
 UIView category for managing UITextField/UITextView
 */
 public extension UIView {
 
     /**
-    To set customized distance from keyboard for textField/textView. Can't be less than zero
-    */
+     To set customized distance from keyboard for textField/textView. Can't be less than zero
+     */
     public var keyboardDistanceFromTextField: CGFloat {
         get {
 
@@ -52,5 +53,22 @@ public extension UIView {
             objc_setAssociatedObject(self, &kIQKeyboardDistanceFromTextField, newValue, objc_AssociationPolicy.OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC)
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     If shouldIgnoreSwitchingByNextPrevious is true then library will ignore this textField/textView while moving to other textField/textView using keyboard toolbar next previous buttons. Default is false
+     */
+    public var ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious: Bool {
+        get {
+            
+            if let aValue = objc_getAssociatedObject(self, &kIQIgnoreSwitchingByNextPrevious) as? Bool {
+                return aValue
+            } else {
+                return false
+            }
+        }
+        set(newValue) {
+            objc_setAssociatedObject(self, &kIQIgnoreSwitchingByNextPrevious, newValue, objc_AssociationPolicy.OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC)
+        }
+    }
 }
 

IQKeyboardManagerSwift/Categories/IQUIView+Hierarchy.swift

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public extension UIView {
 
             for textField in siblings {
 
-                if textField._IQcanBecomeFirstResponder() == true {
+                if (textField == self || textField.ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious == false) && textField._IQcanBecomeFirstResponder() == true {
                     tempTextFields.append(textField)
                 }
             }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public extension UIView {
 
         for textField in subviews {
 
-            if textField._IQcanBecomeFirstResponder() == true {
+            if (textField == self || textField.ignoreSwitchingByNextPrevious == false) && textField._IQcanBecomeFirstResponder() == true {
                 textfields.append(textField)
             }
 

Podfile.lock

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PODS:
   - IQDropDownTextField (1.1.0)
-  - IQKeyboardManager (5.0.0)
-  - IQKeyboardManagerSwift (5.0.0)
+  - IQKeyboardManager (5.0.2)
+  - IQKeyboardManagerSwift (5.0.2)
   - YYText (1.0.7)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
 
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   IQDropDownTextField: 614f79ca905529c992045eaa112d0fc9ebb875d1
-  IQKeyboardManager: 5edc5bcd5cd3e6982924e6318b82c57099eb0a6c
-  IQKeyboardManagerSwift: 9551c6f5456cb7dafbb395aac38f49f2b38c8f89
+  IQKeyboardManager: 5ab84749f20f682f784160c2c63bef4f19d10d26
+  IQKeyboardManagerSwift: 3fa8338b21751dffbae93dd78198a6b7aef43406
   YYText: 5c461d709e24d55a182d1441c41dc639a18a4849
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: f0cfee8989504b0e144cce04af943f540a0a24f1