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What methods or tools are used to handle key press or button press events?

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In iOS, the following methods and tools are commonly used to handle key press or button events:

  • UIButton and target-action: buttons (UIButton) can be linked to methods via the target-action mechanism. When pressed, the linked method is called.
let button = UIButton(type: .system)
button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(buttonPressed), for: .touchUpInside)

@objc func buttonPressed() {
    print("Button pressed")
}
  • Handling hardware keyboard key presses (for example, on iPad): you can override UIResponder methods such as keyCommands and pressesBegan.
override var keyCommands: [UIKeyCommand]? {
    return [
        UIKeyCommand(input: "a", modifierFlags: [], action: #selector(handleAKey))
    ]
}

@objc func handleAKey() {
    print("A key pressed")
}

Thus, target-action is used for buttons, and UIResponder methods are used for hardware keys.

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