Close iOS Keyboard by touching anywhere using Swift

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
          
    //Looks for single or multiple taps. 
     let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(UIInputViewController.dismissKeyboard))

    //Uncomment the line below if you want the tap not not interfere and cancel other interactions.
    //tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false 

    view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
}

//Calls this function when the tap is recognized.
@objc func dismissKeyboard() {
    //Causes the view (or one of its embedded text fields) to resign the first responder status.
    view.endEditing(true)
}

Here is another way to do this task if you are going to use this functionality in multiple UIViewControllers:

// Put this piece of code anywhere you like
extension UIViewController {
    func hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() {
        let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(UIViewController.dismissKeyboard))
        tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false            
        view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
    }
    
    @objc func dismissKeyboard() {
        view.endEditing(true)
    }
}

Now in every UIViewController, all you have to do is call this function:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() 
}

This function is included as a standard function in my repo which contains a lot of useful Swift Extensions like this one, check it out: https://github.com/goktugyil/EZSwiftExtensions

An answer to your question on how to dismiss the keyboard in Xcode 6.1 using Swift below:

import UIKit

class ItemViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate {

    @IBOutlet var textFieldItemName: UITextField!

    @IBOutlet var textFieldQt: UITextField!

    @IBOutlet var textFieldMoreInfo: UITextField!


    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        textFieldItemName.delegate = self
        textFieldQt.delegate = self
        textFieldMoreInfo.delegate = self
    }

                       ...

    /**
     * Called when 'return' key pressed. return NO to ignore.
     */
    func textFieldShouldReturn(textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        textField.resignFirstResponder()
        return true
    }


   /**
    * Called when the user click on the view (outside the UITextField).
    */
    override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
        self.view.endEditing(true)
    }

}

(Source of this information).

Swift 4 working

Create extension as below & call hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() in your Base view controller.

//
//  UIViewController+Extension.swift
//  Project Name
//
//  Created by ABC on 2/3/18.
//  Copyright © 2018 ABC. All rights reserved.
//

import UIKit

extension UIViewController {
    func hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() {
        let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, 
                         action: #selector(hideKeyboard))
        view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)
    }

    @objc func hideKeyboard() {
        view.endEditing(true)
    }
}

Most important thing to call in your Base View Controller so that no need to call all time in all view controllers.

You can call

resignFirstResponder()

on any instance of a UIResponder, such as a UITextField. If you call it on the view that is currently causing the keyboard to be displayed then the keyboard will dismiss.

swift 5 just two lines is enough. Add into your viewDidLoad should work.

 let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: view, action: #selector(UIView.endEditing))
 view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

If your tap gesture blocked some other touches, then add this line:

tapGesture.cancelsTouchesInView = false

for Swift 3 it is very simple

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
    self.view.endEditing(true)
}

if you want to hide keyboard on pressing RETURN key

func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
    textField.resignFirstResponder()
    return true
}

but in second case you will also need to pass delegate from all textFields to the ViewController in the Main.Storyboard

//Simple exercise to demonstrate, assuming the view controller has a //Textfield, Button and a Label. And that the label should display the //userinputs when button clicked. And if you want the keyboard to disappear //when clicken anywhere on the screen + upon clicking Return key in the //keyboard. Dont forget to add "UITextFieldDelegate" and 
//"self.userInput.delegate = self" as below

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController,UITextFieldDelegate {

    @IBOutlet weak var userInput: UITextField!
    @IBAction func transferBtn(sender: AnyObject) {
                display.text = userInput.text

    }
    @IBOutlet weak var display: UILabel!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

//This is important for the textFieldShouldReturn function, conforming to textfieldDelegate and setting it to self
        self.userInput.delegate = self
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }

//This is for the keyboard to GO AWAYY !! when user clicks anywhere on the view
    override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
        self.view.endEditing(true)
    }


//This is for the keyboard to GO AWAYY !! when user clicks "Return" key  on the keyboard

    func textFieldShouldReturn(textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        textField.resignFirstResponder()
        return true
    }

}

Swift 3: Easiest way to dismiss keyboard:

  //Dismiss keyboard method
    func keyboardDismiss() {
        textField.resignFirstResponder()
    }

    //ADD Gesture Recignizer to Dismiss keyboard then view tapped
    @IBAction func viewTapped(_ sender: AnyObject) {
        keyboardDismiss()
    }

    //Dismiss keyboard using Return Key (Done) Button
    //Do not forgot to add protocol UITextFieldDelegate 
    func textFieldShouldReturn(_ textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        keyboardDismiss()

        return true
    }

Just one line of code in viewDidLoad() method:

view.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target: view, action: #selector(UIView.endEditing(_:))))

In swift you can use

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
    super.touchesBegan(touches, with: event)
    view.endEditing(true)

}

Dash's answer is correct and preferred. A more "scorched earth" approach is to call view.endEditing(true). This causes view and all its subviews to resignFirstResponder. If you don't have a reference to the view you'd like to dismiss, this is a hacky but effective solution.

Note that personally I think you should have a reference to the view you'd like to have resign first responder. .endEditing(force: Bool) is a barbaric approach; please don't use it.

I found the best solution included the accepted answer from @Esqarrouth, with some adjustments:

extension UIViewController {
    func hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() {
        let tap: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "dismissKeyboardView")
        tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false
        view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
    }

    func dismissKeyboardView() {
        view.endEditing(true)
    }
}

The line tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false was critical: it ensures that the UITapGestureRecognizer does not prevent other elements on the view from receiving user interaction.

The method dismissKeyboard() was changed to the slightly less elegant dismissKeyboardView(). This is because in my project's fairly old codebase, there were numerous times where dismissKeyboard() was already used (I imagine this is not uncommon), causing compiler issues.

Then, as above, this behaviour can be enabled in individual View Controllers:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.hideKeyboardWhenTappedAround() 
}

In storyboard:

select the TableView from the the right-hand-side, select the attribute inspector in the keyboard section - select the dismiss mode you want

Swift 3:

Extension with Selector as parameter to be able to do additional stuff in the dismiss function and cancelsTouchesInView to prevent distortion with touches on other elements of the view.

extension UIViewController {
    func hideKeyboardOnTap(_ selector: Selector) {
        let tap: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: selector)
        tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false
        view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
    }
}

Usage:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.hideKeyboardOnTap(#selector(self.dismissKeyboard))
}

func dismissKeyboard() {
    view.endEditing(true)
    // do aditional stuff
}

To expand on Esqarrouth's answer, I always use the following to dismiss the keyboard, especially if the class from which I am dismissing the keyboard does not have a view property and/or is not a subclass of UIView.

UIApplication.shared.keyWindow?.endEditing(true)

And, for convenience, the following extension to the UIApplcation class:

extension UIApplication {

    /// Dismisses the keyboard from the key window of the
    /// shared application instance.
    ///
    /// - Parameters:
    ///     - force: specify `true` to force first responder to resign.
    open class func endEditing(_ force: Bool = false) {
        shared.endEditing(force)
    }

    /// Dismisses the keyboard from the key window of this 
    /// application instance.
    ///
    /// - Parameters:
    ///     - force: specify `true` to force first responder to resign.
    open func endEditing(_ force: Bool = false) {
        keyWindow?.endEditing(force)
    }

}

Use IQKeyboardmanager that will help you solve easy.....

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import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController,UITextFieldDelegate {

   @IBOutlet weak var username: UITextField!
   @IBOutlet weak var password: UITextField!

   override func viewDidLoad() {
      super.viewDidLoad() 
      username.delegate = self
      password.delegate = self
      // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
   }

   override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
      super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
      // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
   }

   func textFieldShouldReturn(textField: UITextField!) -> Bool // called when   'return' key pressed. return NO to ignore.
   {
      textField.resignFirstResponder()
      return true;
   }

   override func touchesBegan(_: Set<UITouch>, with: UIEvent?) {
     username.resignFirstResponder()
     password.resignFirstResponder()
     self.view.endEditing(true)
  }
}

If you use a scroll view, It could be much simpler.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/NblEs.png

Just select Dismiss interactively in storyboard.

Add this extension to your ViewController :

  extension UIViewController {
// Ends editing view when touches to view 
  open override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
    super.touchesBegan(touches, with: event)
    self.view.endEditing(true)
  }
}

I have use IQKeyBoardManagerSwift for keyboard. it is easy to use. just Add pod 'IQKeyboardManagerSwift'

Import IQKeyboardManagerSwift and write code on didFinishLaunchingWithOptions in AppDelegate.

///add this line 
IQKeyboardManager.shared.shouldResignOnTouchOutside = true
IQKeyboardManager.shared.enable = true

In Swift 4, add @objc:

In the viewDidLoad:

let tap: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.dismissKeyboard))
view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

Function:

@objc func dismissKeyboard() {
  view.endEditing(true)
}

  import UIKit

  class ItemViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate {

  @IBOutlet weak var nameTextField: UITextField!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
           super.viewDidLoad()
           self.nameTextField.delegate = self
     }

    // Called when 'return' key pressed. return NO to ignore.

    func textFieldShouldReturn(textField: UITextField) -> Bool {

            textField.resignFirstResponder()
             return true
     }

 // Called when the user click on the view (outside the UITextField).

override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?)    {
      self.view.endEditing(true)
  }
}

As a novice programmer it can be confusing when people produce more skilled and unnecessary responses...You do not have to do any of the complicated stuff shown above!...

Here is the simplest option...In the case your keyboard appears in response to the textfield - Inside your touch screen function just add the resignFirstResponder function. As shown below - the keyboard will close because the First Responder is released (exiting the Responder chain)...

override func touchesBegan(_: Set<UITouch>, with: UIEvent?){
    MyTextField.resignFirstResponder()
}

This one liner resigns Keyboard from all(any) the UITextField in a UIView

self.view.endEditing(true)

Posting as a new answer since my edit of @King-Wizard's answer was rejected.

Make your class a delegate of the UITextField and override touchesBegan.

Swift 4

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController, UITextFieldDelegate {

    @IBOutlet var textField: UITextField!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        textField.delegate = self
    }

    //Called when 'return' key is pressed. Return false to keep the keyboard visible.
    func textFieldShouldReturn(textField: UITextField) -> Bool {
        return true
    }

    // Called when the user clicks on the view (outside of UITextField).
    override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        self.view.endEditing(true)
    }

}

For Swift3

Register an event recogniser in viewDidLoad

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(hideKeyBoard))

then we need to add the gesture into the view in same viewDidLoad.

self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

Then we need to initialise the registered method

func hideKeyBoard(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer? = nil){
    view.endEditing(true)
}

Here is how to dismiss the keyboard by tapping anywhere else, in 2 lines using Swift 5.

(I hate to add another answer, but since this is the top result on Google I will to help rookies like me.)

In your ViewController.swift, find the viewDidLoad() function.

Add these 2 lines:

let tap: UIGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self.view, action: #selector(UIView.endEditing))
        
view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

You can also add a tap gesture recognizer to resign the keyboard. :D

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    let recognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: Selector("handleTap:"))
    backgroundView.addGestureRecognizer(recognizer)
}
    func handleTap(recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    textField.resignFirstResponder()
    textFieldtwo.resignFirstResponder()
    textFieldthree.resignFirstResponder()

    println("tappped")
}

Another possibility is to simply add a big button with no content that lies underneath all views you might need to touch. Give it an action named:

@IBAction func dismissKeyboardButton(sender: AnyObject) {
    view.endEditing(true)
}

The problem with a gesture recognizer was for me, that it also caught all touches I wanted to receive by the tableViewCells.

If you have other views that should receive the touch as well you have to set cancelsTouchesInView = false

Like this:

let elsewhereTap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(dismissKeyboard))
    elsewhereTap.cancelsTouchesInView = false
    self.view.addGestureRecognizer(elsewhereTap)

override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

self.view.addGestureRecognizer(UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(tap)))

}

func tap(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer){
        print("tapped")
        view.endEditing(true)
}

Try this,It's Working