Disable the kanji auto-complete (henkan) for Japanese keyboards in iOS?

Question

I am using a UITextField and have turned off the normal auto correction features but I need Japanese keyboards to not show the kanji auto-complete views that appear above the keyboard when typing. I am trying to quiz the user and so it is important that this feature is disabled.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You should be able to hide the predicted words by setting the autocorrectionType like this:

self.textField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo;

This can also be done in storyboard -> UITextField --> Text Input Traits --> Correction = No

Answer 2

Probably this is a long time for the answer, however for the completion purpose, you can override shouldChangeCharactersInRange method and return NO from this method.

I had accidentally done this, and my auto-completion had stopped. Seems that my problem was a solution to someone else :)