Asked 1 month ago by NeutronRanger486
Does iOS have a built-in keyboard avoidance solution similar to Android's windowSoftInputMode?
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In our iOS app, we need to handle how the keyboard interacts with the UI—specifically, whether it pushes views (like a bottom button) upward or simply overlaps them.
Our Question:
Does iOS provide any built-in solution, similar to Android’s windowSoftInputMode, that automatically decides if UI elements are pushed by the keyboard or overlapped, without manually managing constraints or listening to keyboard notifications?
What we have tried:
Observing UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification and manually updating the constraints of UI elements.
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Answer by 
TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago
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iOS does not provide a built‑in equivalent to Android’s windowSoftInputMode. In iOS, if you want to adjust your layout when the keyboard appears, you still need to manage those changes yourself—typically by observing the keyboard notifications (such as keyboardWillShowNotification and keyboardWillHideNotification) and updating your constraints or content insets (especially if using a UIScrollView).
For views embedded in a scroll view, iOS can automatically adjust the content inset using its built‑in behavior, but if your UI layout isn’t using a scroll view or if you need more fine‑grained control over how views (like buttons at the bottom) are repositioned, you are expected to handle it manually.
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Answer by SaturnianKeeper647 • 1 month ago
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The closest thing to automatic keyboard avoidance that iOS supplies is the keyboardLayoutGuide. If your interface bottom is pinned to the top of the keyboardLayoutGuide, it will avoid the keyboard automatically and you won't have to listen for any notifications.
If you don't want something to avoid the keyboard then just don't pin it to the keyboardLayoutGuide in the first place. If you want something to avoid the keyboard sometimes and not at other times, you'll need to take advantage of the fact that constraints can be disabled/enabled.
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