UPDATE
As other users have pointed out this solution does not work anymore with iOS10. If anyone has an idea how to make it work in iOS10, please let us know.
Solution for iOS < 10:
To open the settings (of your own app) you can use the UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString
constant:
if let settingsURL = NSURL(string: UIApplicationOpenSettingsURLString) {
UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(settingsURL)
}
This was introduced in iOS 8, so you can use it on devices that run iOS8 or later. But this only opens the settings of your own app. Not the keyboard settings. And if your app does not have its own settings it only opens the Settings app on its main page.
In the old days (before iOS 5.1) you could open a settings URL and directly go to almost any subpage in the Settings app. Apple removed this feature in iOS 5.1.
However it seems to work again in iOS 8 and 9. It is not officially documented by Apple but it seems to work, although I not sure how reliable this is. It works on my iOS 9.1 iPhone but not in the Simulator.
So, with caution, you can try this to open the Keyboard Settings:
if let settingsURL = NSURL(string: "prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard") {
UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(settingsURL)
}
Or go even deeper:
if let settingsURL = NSURL(string: "prefs:root=General&path=Keyboard/KEYBOARDS") {
UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(settingsURL)
}
Edit:
As iHulk mentioned in the comments you might have to add prefs
to the URL schemes in your project's Info.plist file to make this work.