InputAccessoryView of a UITextField - uitextfield

I need to stick a toolBar with a UITextField inside to a keyboard.
What if I make the whole toolBar (which I think is the textField's super view) the inputAccessoryView of its textField?
I mean like this:
textField.inputAccessoryView = toolBar; // textField is inside the toolBar
I've been trying on this but I have not made it work yet.
Anyone can help?
Or is there another way to achieve what I want?

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[self createAccessoryView];
[textField setDelegate:self];
[textField setKeyboardType:UIKeyboardTypeDefault];
[textField setInputAccessoryView:fieldAccessoryView];
}
- (void)createAccessoryView
{
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0.0, self.view.bounds.size.height, self.view.bounds.size.width, 44.0);
fieldAccessoryView = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
fieldAccessoryView.barStyle = UIBarStyleBlackOpaque;
fieldAccessoryView.tag = 200;
[fieldAccessoryView setBarStyle:UIBarStyleBlack];
UIBarButtonItem *spaceButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace target:nil action:nil];
UIBarButtonItem *doneButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithBarButtonSystemItem:UIBarButtonSystemItemDone target:self action:#selector(done:)];
UISegmentedControl* segmentedControl = [[UISegmentedControl alloc] initWithItems:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:NSLocalizedString(#"Previous", #""), NSLocalizedString(#"Next", #""), nil]];
[segmentedControl addTarget:self action:#selector(segmentAction:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
segmentedControl.segmentedControlStyle = UISegmentedControlStyleBar;
[segmentedControl setMomentary:YES];
UIBarButtonItem *segmentButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:segmentedControl];
[fieldAccessoryView setItems:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:segmentButton, spaceButton, doneButton, nil] animated:NO];
[segmentButton release];
[spaceButton release];
[doneButton release];
[segmentedControl release];
}

When are you setting the property? You may be setting it after the view has already loaded.
Try setting it in
- (void) viewDidLoad

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I create 2 PNG images by myself, and it looks good.
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Create an instance of UIToolbar, Add whichever views you required in toolbar then assign your toolbar instance in inputAccessoryView property of UITextField.
myTextFieldorTextView.inputAccessoryView = boolbar;
Check the below step by step guide to put an toolbar just top of keyboard.
Adding a Toolbar with Next & Previous above UITextField Keyboard

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Any help is appreciated.
lq
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...
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