UITextView+Placeholder

A missing placeholder for UITextView.

Installation

Use CocoaPods.

pod 'UITextView+Placeholder'

Usage

• Import Dynamic Framework:

  e.g. If you’re using CocoaPods with use_frameworks! flag.

  @import UITextView_Placeholder;
  

• Import Static Library:

  #import <UITextView+Placeholder/UITextView+Placeholder.h>
  

Then create UITextView and set placeholder.

• Implement Objective-C:

  UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc] init];
  textView.placeholder = @"How are you?";
  textView.placeholderColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor]; // optional
  textView.attributedPlaceholder = ... // NSAttributedString (optional)
  

• Implement Swift:

  let textView = UITextView()
  textView.placeholder = "How are you?"
  textView.placeholderColor = UIColor.lightGray // optional
  textView.attributedPlaceholder = ... // NSAttributedString (optional)
  

Congratulations! You’re done. 🎉

License

UITextView+Placeholder is under MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.