Question

I have an iPad app created using XCode 4 with Storyboard. I have a UITableViewController with the interface defined as such:

@interface CustomerViewController : UITableViewController <UITextFieldDelegate> 

In the .m file, I have a code snippet as:

- (BOOL) textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField  {

if(textField == businessName)  {
    [email becomeFirstResponder];
    return true;
}

The method ‘textFieldShouldReturn’ does NOT get executed. What else needs to be done? (BTW… I have never been able to get this to work in a iPad app, but always successful in a iPhone app)

Answer 1

In the textFieldShouldReturn method, you’re testing if the textField is equal to businessName. I’m assuming that’s a UITextField object, but you have to set the delegate to receive callbacks. Just a simple self.businessName.delegate = self; when you create the TextField.

Another tip, I’d recommend calling it something like businessNameTextField. It’s easier to read throughout your code.