How to show the “Previous/Next/Done” bar with a UITextView - iphone

Question

i've seen a "Previous/Next/Done" bar above the keyboard when entering text in a webview on an iPhone. i want to use this built in bar in an app that i'm making in conjunction with a UITextView. i have seen a very similar looking bar above the keyboard in several apps. my guess is this is either some hand made bar that just looks like the bar i want or the programmer figured out a way to show the actual bar. assuming its the actual bar and not a hand made bar how do you get it to display?

Answer 1

There's no built-in Prev/Next/Done bar, you have to create it yourself.
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Answer 2

I wrote XCDFormInputAccessoryView which is an input accessory view with previous/next/done buttons.

Answer 3

Create this method and call it on ViewWillLoad:
- (void) keyboardToolbarSetup
{
if(self.keyboardToolbar==nil)
{
self.keyboardToolbar = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.bounds.size.width, 44)];
UIBarButtonItem *cancelButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Cancel" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:self action:#selector(anyAction)];
UIBarButtonItem *extraSpace = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace target:nil action:nil];
UIBarButtonItem *doneButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Done" style:UIBarButtonItemStyleDone target:self action:#selector(anyOtherAction)];
NSArray *toolbarButtons = [[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:cancelButton,extraSpace,doneButton, nil];
[self.keyboardToolbar setItems:toolbarButtons];
self.myTextView.inputAccessoryView=self.keyboardToolbar;
}
}