Can't delete token on iOS 8 when using a custom keyboard

[frobichaud]

I have SwiftKey installed and the Delete key doesn't delete tokens. It does work if I switch the keyboard back to the native one.

[ayanonagon]

Ah, it seems like keyboardInputShouldDelete does not get called for custom keyboards (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25371254/how-to-detect-delete-key-on-an-uitextfield-in-ios-8). I’ll take a look at this, thanks!

[suhailwy]

well i have patched this issue, it happens if we are subclassing the text field.
You can modify the code in VENTOKENFIELD.m to

• (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
  {
  BOOL isPressedBackspaceAfterSingleSpaceSymbol = [textField.text isEqualToString:@""] && range.location == 0 && range.length == 0 && string.length == 0;
  if (isPressedBackspaceAfterSingleSpaceSymbol) {
  if ([self respondsToSelector:@selector(textFieldDidEnterBackspace:)]) {
  [self textFieldDidEnterBackspace:self.inputTextField];
  }
  }else
  {
  [self unhighlightAllTokens];
  }
  return YES;
  }

[frobichaud]

@suhailwy, can you create a pull request?

[bhanubirani]

@frobichaud Seems like this has not completely fixed the issue. In swiftkey when you press backspace it just select, the next consecutive backspace doens't delete the token.

[Zwaaan]

Same for me, still doesn't fix it for Swiftkey

[michalrentka]

@Zwaaan & @bhanubirani check out my pull request, that should fix it for Swiftkey and other custom keyboards