I'm currently developing a small iMessage extension app, and it's composed of 3 classes:
One MSMessagesAppViewController class called MessagesViewController
and two UIViewControllers called CompactViewController and ExpandedViewController
The MessagesViewController is the parent view controller of the other two. It is responsible for transitioning between the two views when the user chooses the expanded or compact options in iMessage. I invoke the transition in my didTransitionTo() method like this:
let controller: UIViewController
controller = (presentationStyle == .compact) ? instantiateCompactVC() : instantiateExpandedVC()
addChildViewController(controller)
view.addSubview(controller.view)
controller.didMove(toParentViewController: self)
My problem lies in my ExpandedViewController class. In it, I have a text field that I intend to allow the user to type in. However, when the user taps on the text field, the iMessage keyboard pops up, instead of the default QWERTY keyboard.
I have yet to find a solution to this. I'm sure the type of keyboard that displays upon tapping the text field has something to do with the view controller or view hierarchy.
I want to allow the user to enter text normally with the default keyboard. How can I get around this?