How to make iOS Simulator Keyboard shown when Running Apps

ByMohammed Rashid Posted on

By default, you use the keyboard hardware of your mac in your iOS simulator. But you may need to test the behavior of the iOS device keyboard when using your react native app. It is also known that React Native has some keyboard-related issues.

Switching from a hardware keyboard to a simulator keyboard is easy.

Open your Simulator >I/O > Keyboard > Toggle Software Keyboard as given in the screenshot below.

iphone simulator keyboard

You can also prefer the keyboard shortcut command + K to toggle the keyboard.

That’s how you show iPhone simulator keyboard when running react native apps.

About Me

I'm Mohammed Rashid from the beautiful state of Kerala in southern India, with a journey seasoned in software engineering and mobile app development.

In a tech world that's always changing, I keep myself updated with the latest like SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose for crafting native apps on iOS and Android. I have also experience in React Native and Flutter.

Through this space, I share my learnings and insights hoping to assist anyone diving into the native mobile app development.

Similar Posts

How to Screen Record and Take Screenshots from Android Emulator without using Android Studio

ByMohammed Rashid

If your PC has low configurations then opening the Android emulator and Android Studio simultaneously may make it slow. In this blog post, I explain how to take screenshots as well as screen records from an Android emulator without opening Android Studio. First of all, you have to launch the Android emulator using the terminal….

Error: spawnSync ./gradlew EACCES React Native Error Fix

ByMohammed Rashid

I was trying to run one of my react native projects on the Android emulator and faced the following error. Error: spawnSync ./gradlew EACCES at Object.spawnSync (internal/child_process.js:1041:20) at spawnSync (child_process.js:607:24) at execFileSync (child_process.js:634:15) at runOnAllDevices (/home/rashid/Desktop/React Native/Tomorrow/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/runAndroid/runOnAllDevices.js:74:39) at buildAndRun (/home/rashid/Desktop/React Native/Tomorrow/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/runAndroid/index.js:158:41) at /home/rashid/Desktop/React Native/Tomorrow/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/build/commands/runAndroid/index.js:125:12 at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:85:5) at async Command.handleAction (/home/rashid/Desktop/React Native/Tomorrow/node_modules/react-native/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/cliEntry.js:160:7) My PC runs…

How to Change Default Letter Spacing of Text Component in React Native

ByMohammed Rashid

Sometimes, adjusting the letter spacing of text in your React Native app can enhance its visual appeal. In this tutorial, let’s learn how to change the default letter spacing of a text component in React Native. Changing the letter space is so easy and you can do that by tweaking the style of the Text…

Leave a Reply