hide keyboard

clear-spec.js

  it('should hide keyboard using bad key', function (done) {
    driver
        .elementByClassName('UIATextField').sendKeys("1")
        .elementByClassName('UIASwitch').isDisplayed()
        .should.become(false)
        .hideKeyboard("f")
        .elementByClassName('UIASwitch').isDisplayed()
        .should.become(true)
        .nodeify(done);
  });

ios-controller.js

iOSController.hideKeyboard = function (strategy, key, cb) {
  this.proxy("au.hideKeyboard(" +
          "'" + strategy + "'" +
          (key ? ",'" + key + "'" : "") +
          ")",
      cb);
};

keyboard-ext.js

    , _tryWaitKbHidden: function() {
      var interval = 50, t = 0;

      while(t < 3000 && !$.mainApp().keyboard().isNil()) {
        t += interval;
        $.delay(interval);
      }

      return $.mainApp().keyboard().isNil();
    }

    , _doHideKeyboard: function (keyName) {
//      $.debug("Hiding keyboard with keyName " + keyName);
//      var key = this.keyboard().buttons()[keyName];
//      if (key.isValid()) {
//        key.tap();
//      } else {
//        $.debug("Hiding keyboard using default method");
//        var startY = $.mainApp().keyboard().rect().origin.y - 10;
//        var endY = $.mainWindow().rect().size.height - 10;
//        $.flickApp(0, startY, 0, endY);
//      }
      $.debug("Hiding keyboard using default method");
      var startY = $.mainApp().keyboard().rect().origin.y - 10;
      var endY = $.mainWindow().rect().size.height - 10;
      $.flickApp(0, startY, 0, endY);
    }

    , _tapOutside: function () {
      $($.mainWindow()).tap();
    }

    , hideKeyboard: function (strategy, keyName) {
      if($.mainApp().keyboard().isNil()) {
        return;
      }

      switch (strategy) {
        case 'press':
        case 'pressKey':
          $._doHideKeyboard(keyName);
          break;
        case 'tapOut':
        case 'tapOutside':
          $._tapOutside();
          break;
        case 'default':
          $._tapOutside();
          break;
        default:
          throw new Error('Unknown strategy: ' + strategy);
      }

      if(!$._tryWaitKbHidden()) {
        throw new Error("Failed to hide keyboard.");
      };
    }

Results in {"status":17,"value":"Failed to hide keyboard."}