Bluetooth keyboards cannot be used to play Minecraft on IOS devices. Keyboard settings do appear in options but keyboards do not work at all for playing, they can only be used for entering text.
I've tried this with a few different keyboards.
MCPE-12236
Bluetooth Keyboards do not work
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Tablet - iOS - iPad Air
IOS 9.1
0.12.1, 0.12.2, 0.12.3, 0.13.0
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Why does it say resolved? This issue is not resolved; keyboards still do not work.