The Simulator is an important part of developing iOS applications. Most applications need to communicate through a keyboard. When you are in the simulator, you can use the soft keyboard or the hardware keyboard. I personally prefer to use the hardware keyboard. However, when I am nearing the end of a feature, I like to use the soft keyboards and have an iPhone experience before I move to the phone.

Here are some shortcut keys you will find regarding the keyboard.

• Command ⌘ + Shift+ K - toggle hardware keyboard connection
• Command ⌘ + K - toggle software keyboard

In addition you can use the navigation menu of The Simulator as follows.

• IO > Keyboard > Connect Hardware Keyboard
• IO > Keyboard > Toggle Software Keyboard

For example, if you find your soft keyboard (keyboard on devise) missing you can press CMD + K to show it. Repeating the sequence again will will hide it. Make sure you use it when you are on The Simulator and not on XCode.