iPhone Keyboard type – UIKeyboardType

UIKeyboardType
The type of keyboard to display for a given text-based view. And it is very useful, for example:- I want to enter URL address, must of the website we need to add .com (hold to get more options like .net) at end.

typedef enum {
UIKeyboardTypeDefault,
UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable,
UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation,
UIKeyboardTypeURL,
UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad,
UIKeyboardTypePhonePad,
UIKeyboardTypeNamePhonePad,
UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress,
UIKeyboardTypeDecimalPad,
UIKeyboardTypeAlphabet = UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable
} UIKeyboardType;


UIKeyboardTypeDefault
Use the default keyboard for the current input method.

UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable
Use a keyboard that displays standard ASCII characters. ifwe hold on the key we will get more optional keys

UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation
Use the numbers and punctuation keyboard.

UIKeyboardTypeURL
Use a keyboard optimized for URL entry. This type features “.”, “/”, and “.com” prominently.

UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad
Use a numeric keypad designed for PIN entry. This type features the numbers 0 through 9 prominently. This keyboard type does not support auto-capitalization.

UIKeyboardTypePhonePad
Use a keypad designed for entering telephone numbers. This type features the numbers 0 through 9 and the “*” and “#” characters prominently. This keyboard type does not support auto-capitalization.

UIKeyboardTypeNamePhonePad
Use a keypad designed for entering a person’s name or phone number. This keyboard type does not support auto-capitalization.

UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress
Use a keyboard optimized for specifying email addresses. This type features the “@”, “.” and space characters prominently.

UIKeyboardTypeDecimalPad
Use a keyboard with numbers and a decimal point. Available in iOS 4.1 and later.

UIKeyboardTypeAlphabet
Deprecated. Use UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable instead.

We can apply this keyboardType Xcode..

Check this post about windows phone keyboard : Windows Phone InputScope and keyboard layout

we can get more details here http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UIKit/Reference/UITextInputTraits_Protocol/Reference/UITextInputTraits.html#//apple_ref/doc/c_ref/UIKeyboardTypeDefault