Question

I have three UITextFields inside of a UITableView (3 separate rows). The first two are standard UITextFields which require text input but the third requires a data entry and is associated with a UIDatePicker.

Problem Statement:
When the screen loads, the third text field automatically begins editing and pops up the date picker. This is annoying. I just want the screen to wait for the user to begin input before doing anything. Please find below my viewDidLoad code. Your help / insight is much appreciated

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];

[scrollView setContentSize:CGSizeMake(320, 910)];

expirationDatePicker.hidden = YES;
expirationDatePicker.date = [NSDate date];
[expirationDatePicker addTarget:self
                         action:@selector(changeDateValue:)
               forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];

[self configureView];
}

- (void)configureView
{
    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);  
    NSString *documentsPath = [paths objectAtIndex:0]; //Get the docs directory 
    NSString *filePath = [documentsPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:[self.detailItem cardName]];
    filePath = [filePath stringByAppendingPathExtension:@".png"];
    NSData *pngData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
    imgPickerButton.imageView.image = [UIImage imageWithData:pngData];
}

Attached is the screenshot taken immediately after the screen loads. You can see that the third text field has entered editing mode.

Answer 1

Ok – found the problem. In my tableviews I have custom UITableViewCells and in those custom cells, I for some reason had this method –

- (void)setSelected:(BOOL)selected animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super setSelected:selected animated:animated];
    [self.textField becomeFirstResponder];
}

This was causing the textfield in the individual tableviewcells to automatically enter editing mode. Once I deleted this piece of code, it stopped doing that.