Change iOS Keyboard Language without adding to Settings > Keyboards

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Created Aug ’25

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The first-party Apple Translate app will switch the on-screen keyboard to the selected language, even when the keyboard for that language is NOT added in Settings > General > Keyboards.

We'd like to mirror this behavior and switch the keyboard for input based on a user-selected language from a drop-down without the user needing to add that language to Keyboards

I'm struggling to find if this behavior is achieved via a public API. Any insights here?

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Aug ’25

The topic about changing the input mode for a text field was discussed here. That, however, only works when the input mode has been added.

For the case of switching the input mode "without the user needing to add that language to Keyboards," I’d suggest that you file a feedback report with your use case – If you do so, please share your report ID here.

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Ziqiao Chen
 Worldwide Developer Relations.

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