unity input control - making keyboard slide from below

I have an android app built from unity, and it uses a Text Mesh Pro input field. The problem I have is that, when the user wants to type in the input field, this sort of interface pops up:





So, the user has to click the input field, type his text, disable the keyboard by clicking somewhere on the screen and then press the send button in the app to send the message.

i.e. the keyboard overlays on top of the input field, so the user cannot press the send button after he's done typing?



How, do we make the keyboard appear like this?:



i.e. it slides in from beneath, pushing the input field upwards while typing?

 

Well, using the TouchScreenKeyboard class, you can use hideInput to as the name suggests, hide the default input field, and also use the area property to find out how large the keyboard is and place your input field above it.

 

You are right, setting TouchScreenKeyboard.hideInput to true when you provide your own input fields, and to false when you do not, is too simple.

I will second you if you decide to contact the devs and request that additional steps need be performed instead:
* Wait for a full moon
* Perform a belly dance with 13,5 ninjas around a camp fire
* While a guru plays yukulele and sing in reverse
* The button must go to the next level (it must be a level 2 button)

 

does that mean placing the input field should be done programmatically (manually) i.e. unity doesn't handle it automatically?

 

I also did this and it didn't work:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. using System.Collections;
3. using System.Collections.Generic;
4. using UnityEngine;
5.  
6. public class inputScript : MonoBehaviour
7. {
8.    
9.     void Start()
10.     {
11.         TouchScreenKeyboard.hideInput = true;
12.     }
13.  
14. }
15.  

 

I actually logged it, in `Start()` and also in a coroutine using `WaitForEndOfFrame()` but, they both spat ` The touch screen area height is: (x:0.00, y:0.00, width:0.00, height:0.00)` for TouchScreenKeyboard.area;

I wonder if the ritual mentioned by Serge is actually true.