Allos a user to set keyboard_type with symbols.

motion/ruby_motion_query/stylers/protocols/ui_text_input_traits.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module RubyMotionQuery
         def keyboard_appearance=(v) ; view.keyboardAppearance = v ; end
 
         def keyboard_type ; view.keyboardType ; end
-        def keyboard_type=(v) ; view.keyboardType = v ; end
+        def keyboard_type=(v) ; view.setKeyboardType(KEYBOARD_TYPES[v] || v) ; end
 
         def return_key_type ; view.returnKeyType ; end
         def return_key_type=(v) ; view.returnKeyType = v ; end

motion/ruby_motion_query/stylers/ui_view_styler.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ module RubyMotionQuery
       natural: NSTextAlignmentNatural
     }
 
+    KEYBOARD_TYPES = {
+      default: UIKeyboardTypeDefault,
+      ascii: UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable,
+      numbers_punctuation: UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation,
+      url: UIKeyboardTypeURL,
+      number_pad: UIKeyboardTypeNumberPad,
+      phone_pad: UIKeyboardTypePhonePad,
+      name_phone_pad: UIKeyboardTypeNamePhonePad,
+      email_address: UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress,
+      email: UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress, # Duplicate to help developers
+      decimal_pad: UIKeyboardTypeDecimalPad,
+      twitter: UIKeyboardTypeTwitter,
+      web_search: UIKeyboardTypeWebSearch,
+      alphabet: UIKeyboardTypeASCIICapable
+    }
+
     # When you create a styler, always inherit UIViewStyler
     class UIViewStyler
       def initialize(view)

spec/stylers/ui_text_field_styler.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ describe 'stylers/ui_text_field' do
       st.placeholder = "placeholder"
       st.border_style = UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect
       st.autocapitalization_type = UITextAutocapitalizationTypeWords
+      st.keyboard_type = UIKeyboardTypeDefault
+    end
+
+    def ui_text_field_email(st)
+      st.keyboard_type = :email_address
     end
   end
 
@@ -29,4 +34,9 @@ describe 'stylers/ui_text_field' do
       v.keyboardType.should == UIKeyboardTypeDefault
     end
   end
+
+  it 'should allow setting a keyboard type via symbol' do
+    view = @vc.rmq.append(@view_klass, :ui_text_field_email).get
+    view.keyboardType.should == UIKeyboardTypeEmailAddress
+  end
 end