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diff --git a/Xamarin.Forms.Core/KeyboardTypeConverter.cs b/Xamarin.Forms.Core/KeyboardTypeConverter.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace Xamarin.Forms
+{
+	public class KeyboardTypeConverter : TypeConverter
+	{
+		public override object ConvertFromInvariantString(string value)
+		{
+			if (value != null)
+			{
+				string[] parts = value.Split('.');
+				if (parts.Length == 1 || (parts.Length == 2 && parts[0] == "Keyboard"))
+				{
+					string keyboard = parts[parts.Length - 1];
+					FieldInfo field = typeof(Keyboard).GetFields().FirstOrDefault(fi => fi.IsStatic && fi.Name == keyboard);
+					if (field != null)
+						return (Keyboard)field.GetValue(null);
+					PropertyInfo property = typeof(Keyboard).GetProperties().FirstOrDefault(pi => pi.Name == keyboard && pi.CanRead && pi.GetMethod.IsStatic);
+					if (property != null)
+						return (Keyboard)property.GetValue(null, null);
+				}
+			}
+
+			throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format("Cannot convert \"{0}\" into {1}", value, typeof(Keyboard)));
+		}
+	}
+}
+\ No newline at end of file