Want to add Placeholder in UITextView in IOS application? I made a few minor modifications to bcd’s solution to allow for initialization from a Xib file, text wrapping, and to maintain background color. Hopefully it will save others the trouble.
UIPlaceHolderTextView.h:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | #import <Foundation/Foundation.h> IB_DESIGNABLE @interface UIPlaceHolderTextView : UITextView @property (nonatomic, retain) IBInspectable NSString *placeholder; @property (nonatomic, retain) IBInspectable UIColor *placeholderColor; -(void)textChanged:(NSNotification*)notification; @end |
UIPlaceHolderTextView.m:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 | - (void)setText:(NSString *)text { [super setText:text]; [self textChanged:nil]; } - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect { if( [[self placeholder] length] > 0 ) { if (_placeHolderLabel == nil ) { _placeHolderLabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(8,8,self.bounds.size.width - 16,0)]; _placeHolderLabel.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByWordWrapping; _placeHolderLabel.numberOfLines = 0; _placeHolderLabel.font = self.font; _placeHolderLabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor]; _placeHolderLabel.textColor = self.placeholderColor; _placeHolderLabel.alpha = 0; _placeHolderLabel.tag = 999; [self addSubview:_placeHolderLabel]; } _placeHolderLabel.text = self.placeholder; [_placeHolderLabel sizeToFit]; [self sendSubviewToBack:_placeHolderLabel]; } if( [[self text] length] == 0 && [[self placeholder] length] > 0 ) { [[self viewWithTag:999] setAlpha:1]; } [super drawRect:rect]; } @end |
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