Announcing New Course: Handling Keyboard & Pointer Interactions in SwiftUI!

Announcing New Pro Course: Handling Keyboard & Pointer Interactions in SwiftUI!

The English QWERTY keyboard was patented over 150 years ago — and it's still one of the most popular ways to enter text on a phone, more than a century and a half later. No wonder your thumbs are sore from texting!

Learn how to interact with on-screen and external keyboards and pointing devices in our new Handling Keyboard & Pointer Interactions in SwiftUI course!

Keep reading to hear more about it from course instructor Catie Catterwaul:

Why should I take your SwiftUI course on keyboard and pointer interactions?

"Knowing how iOS interacts with its own software keyboard is an essential skill for iOS developers. And while SwiftUI's support for connected hardware keyboards and pointing devices is still quite limited compared to UIKit, it still gives you an opportunity to make your app experience more accessible and delightful."

How can this course help with a common pain point in iOS development?

"It is something of a rite of passage for iOS developers to learn that, no, really, there isn't a simple, built-in way to handle the software keyboard. That's become even more complicated with SwiftUI! My course will help you explore some of the more confusing pitfalls introduced by SwiftUI, and look at some solutions."

Can you please share a cool keyboards in SwiftUI tip with us?

"SwiftUI did bring us some good news for dealing with the software keyboard: For any keyboard that has a return key, tapping it will hide the keyboard for you! But there are a few keyboards that lack return keys, and without UIKit's responder chain, what's an iOS developer to do?

You can still ask UIResponder for help, even if your app is all-SwiftUI:

Call it from your SwiftUI buttons! Add it to your SwiftUI Views with a tap gesture! ✨ Magic ✨"

Hey — the new Ultimate Subscription gets you access to both videos and books, all in the same subscription. Interested? Click here to learn more ➜

Catie's Handling Keyboard & Pointer Interactions in SwiftUI course is available for Pro subscribers now!

— Ray