title: Filtering characters entered into a UITextField
body: <p>I have a UITextField in my application. I'd like to restrict the set of characters that can be can be entered into the field to a set that I have defined. I could filter the characters entered into the field when the text is committed using the UITextFieldDelegate method:</p>
  
  <pre><code>- (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField*)textField
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  <p>However, this gives the user a false impression as although restricted characters are removed from the final value, they were still visibly entered into the text field before pressing Return/Done/etc. What is the best approach that would prevent restricted characters appearing in the text field as they are selected on the keyboard?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> I am operating under the assumption that I have little control over which keys are provided by the iPhone keyboard(s). I am aware that I can switch between various keyboard implementations but am under the impression that I can't disable specific keys. This assumption may be incorrect.</p>