Add a view on top of the keyboard using InputAccessoryView

To get a view to stick above the keyboard, the code itself is pretty simple. The code you posted is not correct, try this (note that you must connect textField to the UITextField in your storyboard):

@IBOutlet weak var textField: UITextField!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    let customView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 10, height: 44))
    customView.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
    textField.inputAccessoryView = customView
}