KeyboardKit 4.0 shifts focus from UIKit to SwiftUI. UIKit is still supported, but I will not be working on these parts of the library anymore.
The UIKit-specific parts of the library can be found under Sources/UIKit.
When you use KeyboardKit, you should inherit KeyboardInputViewController instead of UIInputViewController. It extends your keyboard extension with many convenient tools.
UIKit requires you to use constraints to resize the extension to fit the keyboard content. KeyboardKit simplifies this by providing a vertical keyboardStackView that resizes the extension depending on what you put into it. You don't have to use it, but it's there if you want to.
KeyboardKit also has a bunch of built-in views, components, extensions and utilities that help you build keyboard extensions with UIKit.
If you're new to KeyboardKit, this short UIKit tutorial can help you get started.
The UIKit/Demo folder contains a demo app that uses UIKit to create a keyboard that resembles a native, English keyboard. To give it a try, run it then activate the keyboard under system settings. You must give the keyboard full access for features like sound and haptics to work.
I will not develop the UIKit-specific parts of the library further from now on, but I will gladly accept UIKit-specific pull requests, as long as they don't have side-effects on the foundation.
When contributing, make sure to add any new UIKit-specific features to Sources/UIKit and to run swiftlint and the unit tests before you create the PR.
Feel free to reach out if you have questions or if you want to contribute in any way:
- E-mail: [email protected]
- Twitter: @danielsaidi
- Web site: danielsaidi.com
KeyboardKit is available under the MIT license. See LICENSE file for more info.