UIKeyboardPreferencesController is an undocumented Class for setting and and getting various common and private keyboard properties. The property keys type is integer, representing the index for each string key in a constant array existing in the UIKit or TextInput binary. Tables below show each property key name, sorted by index, and domain handling the key.
Methods
| Signature | + (UIKeyboardPreferencesController *)sharedPreferencesController; |
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| Available in | 5.0 — |
A singleton for this class.
| Signature | - (id)valueForKey:(NSInteger)key; |
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| Available in | 5.0 — |
-[UIKeyboardPreferencesController valueForKey:] returns value from property key.
| Signature | - (BOOL)boolForKey:(NSInteger)key; |
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| Available in | 5.0 — |
-[UIKeyboardPreferencesController boolForKey:] returns boolean value from property key.
| Signature | - (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSInteger)key; |
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| Available in | 5.0 — |
-[UIKeyboardPreferencesController setValue:forKey:] is used for setting value for property key.
Property Key List
| Index | Key name | Domain | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iOS 6 | iOS 7 | iOS 8 | iOS 9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | AppleKeyboards | .GlobalPreferences |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | AppleKeyboardsExpanded | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | AppleKeyboardsIncludeIntl | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | AppleLocale | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | AppleLanguages | |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | KeyboardSpoofSoftBank | com.apple.Preferences |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | KeyboardEmojiEverywhere | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | KeyboardAutocorrection | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | KeyboardAutocapitalization | |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | KeyboardCheckSpelling | |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | KeyboardPeriodShortcut | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | KeyboardCapsLock | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | KeyboardLastUsed | |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | KeyboardsCurrentAndNext | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | KeyboardLastUsedForLanguage | |
| - | 15 | 15 | 15 | KeyboardLayoutLastUsedForKeyboard | |
| 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | KeyboardLastChosen | |
| 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | KeyboardDisplayType | |
| 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | KeyboardHardwareKeyboardsSeen | |
| - | 19 | 19 | 19 | HardwareKeyboardLastSeen | |
| - | 20 | 20 | 20 | SoftwareKeyboardShownByTouch | |
| 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | AutomaticMinimizationEnabled | |
| 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | UIKeyboardPersistentVerticalOffset | |
| 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | UIKeyboardPersistentHorizontalOffset | |
| 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | UIKeyboardPersistentSplitProgress | |
| 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | UIKeyboardPersistentSplitLock | |
| 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | UIKeyboardDidShowInternationalInfoAlert | |
| 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | EmojiDefaultsKey | com.apple.EmojiPreferences |
| 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | DictationTargetZone | com.apple.Preferences |
| 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | DictationVerticalOffset | |
| 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | DictationHorizontalOffset | |
| 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | KeyboardCellularNetworkAccess | |
| 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | RivenKeyboard | |
| - | - | 33 | 33 | KeyboardPredictionHelpMessageCount | |
| - | - | 34 | 34 | KeyboardShowPredictionBar | |
| - | - | 35 | 35 | KeyboardPrediction | |
| - | - | 36 | 36 | KeyboardBias | |
| - | - | - | 37 | KeyboardAllowPaddle | |
| 31 | 34 | 37 | 38 | DictationKeyAlwaysEnabled | com.apple.keyboard |
| 19 | 33 | 38 | 39 | KeyboardPerformanceLogging | |
| 32 | 35 | 39 | 40 | DictationLogging | |
| 33 | 36 | 40 | 41 | TypologyEnabled | |
| 34 | 37 | 41 | 42 | CostlyCapture | |
| 35 | 38 | 42 | 43 | KeyboardDisableSpaceCorrections | |
| 36 | 39 | 43 | 44 | KeyboardForceSpaceCorrections | |
| 37 | 40 | - | - | KeyboardAutocorrectionLists | |
| 38 | - | - | - | KeyboardExtendedAutocorrectionLearningDisabled | |
| 39 | 41 | 44 | 45 | KeyboardRetrocorrectionDisabled | |
| - | - | 45 | 46 | KeyboardWordNgramModel | |
| - | - | 46 | 47 | KeyboardWordNgramModelAdaptation | |
| - | - | 47 | 48 | KeyboardPredictiveness | |
| - | - | 48 | 49 | KeyboardMaxWordsPerPrediction | |
| - | - | 49 | 50 | KeyboardCompletionsShouldSharePrefix | |
| 40 | 42 | 50 | 51 | KeyboardUserDictionarySyncing | |
| 41 | 43 | 51 | 52 | KeyboardUserDictionarySyncingWithPropertyList | |
| 42 | 44 | 52 | 53 | KeyboardAssetDownloading | |
| 43 | 45 | 53 | 54 | KeyboardAssetDownloadInFive | |
| 44 | 46 | 54 | 55 | KeyboardSettingsFromSwitcher | |
| 45 | 47 | 55 | 56 | KeyboardSwipeToTab | |
| 46 | 48 | 56 | 57 | RivenLayoutSize | |
| 47 | 49 | 57 | 58 | KeyboardRecordingEnabled | |
| 48 | 50 | 58 | 59 | UserKeyboardOverlays | |
| 49 | 51 | 59 | 60 | ShowExtraLayouts | |
| 50 | - | - | - | UITextMagnifierMethod | |
| 51 | 52 | 60 | 61 | UsePublicEmojiCodePoints | |
| 52 | 53 | 61 | 62 | KeyboardCachingDisabled | |
| 53 | 54 | - | - | ChineseCompletionUsesNgram | |
| 54 | 55 | 62 | 63 | ChinesePinyinAutocorrectionEnabled | |
| - | 56 | 63 | 64 | HandwritingCaptureEnabled | |
| - | 57 | 64 | 65 | HandwritingMultipleCharacterRecognitionEnabled | |
| - | 58 | 65 | 66 | NonLegacyKeyboardEnabled | |
| - | 59 | 66 | 67 | KeyboardGlobeKeyExperiments | |
| - | 60 | 67 | 68 | KeyboardInProcessInputManagers | |
| - | - | 68 | 69 | HardwareKeyboardAutocorrectionEnabled | |
| 55 | 61 | 69 | 70 | FuzzyPinyin | com.apple.InputModePreferences |
| 56 | 62 | 70 | 71 | SuchengCangjie | |
| 57 | 63 | 71 | 72 | FuzzyPinyinPairs | |
| 58 | 64 | 72 | 73 | SpaceConfirmation | |
| - | - | 73 | - | PredictiveUISettings | com.apple.Preferences |