diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/java/org/libsdl/app/SDLActivity.java
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@
          */
 
         if (event.getKeyCode() == 66) {
-            String imeHide = SDLActivity.nativeGetHint("SDL_ANDROID_RETURN_HIDES_IME");
+            String imeHide = SDLActivity.nativeGetHint("SDL_MOBILE_RETURN_HIDES_IME");
             if ((imeHide != null) && imeHide.equals("1")) {
                 Context c = SDL.getContext();
                 if (c instanceof SDLActivity) {
diff --git a/include/SDL_hints.h b/include/SDL_hints.h
--- a/include/SDL_hints.h
+++ b/include/SDL_hints.h
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
 
  /**
  * \brief A variable to control whether the return key on the soft keyboard should hide the 
- * soft keyboard on Android.
+ * soft keyboard on Android and iOS.
  *
  * The variable can be set to the following values:
  *   "0"       - The return key will be handled as a key event. This is the behaviour of 
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@
  *
  * The value of this hint is used at runtime, so it can be changed at any time.
  */
-#define SDL_HINT_ANDROID_RETURN_HIDES_IME "SDL_ANDROID_RETURN_HIDES_IME"
+#define SDL_HINT_MOBILE_RETURN_HIDES_IME "SDL_MOBILE_RETURN_HIDES_IME"
 
 /**
  *  \brief override the binding element for keyboard inputs for Emscripten builds
diff --git a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitviewcontroller.m b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitviewcontroller.m
--- a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitviewcontroller.m
+++ b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitviewcontroller.m
@@ -387,7 +387,9 @@
 {
     SDL_SendKeyboardKey(SDL_PRESSED, SDL_SCANCODE_RETURN);
     SDL_SendKeyboardKey(SDL_RELEASED, SDL_SCANCODE_RETURN);
-    SDL_StopTextInput();
+    if (SDL_GetHintBoolean(SDL_HINT_MOBILE_RETURN_HIDES_IME, SDL_FALSE)) {
+         SDL_StopTextInput();
+    }
     return YES;
 }