Which should be the first responder: my view or UIDatePicker?

Question

I'm creating sibling of UITextField, but with UIDatePicker instead of a keyboard.

I want multiple such controls to play nicely with each other and also standard UITextField (i.e. swap keyboard for date picker when my control is activated, and hide date picker when a text field is activated).

One thing that confuses me is handling of first responder status. UIDatePicker doesn't seem to ask to become the first responder. Should it? Can I rely on it not becoming first responder and hide date picker when my own control is asked to resign first responder?

Should I set UIDatePicker (or anything else) as my control's nextResponder? I don't want to handle any events, I just want to make sure that my control steals and resigns focus when necessary.

(I'm not using nibs in this case)

Answer 1

Override the resignFirstResponder method in your class, write your hide-UIDatePicker code in it, after checking the instance is the category of your sibling class.