In the iOS Mail app when you hit reply, you are presented with a text view like this. The vertical blue line keeps growing or shrinking (as the case may be) when you try to edit the previous reply while doing an inline reply or something. The top portion (your main reply) looks normal. Any idea on a really top level on how to pull this kind of text view off?
textViewHolder = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20, 100, 280, 20)];
simpleLine = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 2, 20)];
simpleLine.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor];
[textViewHolder addSubview:simpleLine];
myTextView = [[UITextView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20, 0, 240, 24)];
myTextView.delegate = self;
[textViewHolder addSubview:myTextView];
[self.view addSubview:textViewHolder];
- (BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text;
{
int numLines = myTextView.contentSize.height / myTextView.font.lineHeight;
if([text isEqualToString:#"\n"])
numLines++;
if(numLines>1)
{
CGRect frame = textViewHolder.frame;
frame.size.height = 20*(numLines-1);
textViewHolder.frame =frame;
CGRect frame2 = simpleLine.frame;
frame2.size.height = 20*(numLines-1);
simpleLine.frame =frame2;
CGRect frame3 = myTextView.frame;
frame3.size.height = 24*(numLines-1);
myTextView.frame =frame3;
}
return YES;
}
The (numLines-1) is because I always got one line more that I needed. I'm sure it's solvable with a bit debugging.
The [text isEqualToString:#"\n"] part is because you also want to increment the line number if the user presses done and going down a line.
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I have added a textview on uiview. and when i am trying to enter data into it then its not showing.
Following in my code
questionView1 = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(30, 40, 260, 350)];
[questionView1 setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
quesText1 = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10, 20, 240, 270)];
quesText1.layer.borderWidth = 10.0f;
[quesText1 setText:#"Everything Ok"];
quesText1.layer.borderColor = [[UIColor grayColor] CGColor];
quesText1.tag = 100;
quesText1.delegate = self;
[questionView1 addSubview:quesText1];
its showing the default text but tryinng to enter data through keyboard then its not showing.
However, when i checked in its delegate(below) then its printing the correct value
- (void)textViewDidEndEditing:(UITextView *)textView;{
NSLog(#"%#",textView.text);\\ print correct value but value not showing in uitextview area.
}
Dnt know how and why its happening.. anyone knows?
once check this one ,
UIView* questionView1 = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(30, 40, 260, 350)];
[questionView1 setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
UITextView* quesText1 = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 240, 270)];
quesText1.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(20.0, 0.0, 20.0, 0.0);
quesText1.layer.borderWidth = 10.0f;
quesText1.contentMode=UIViewContentModeCenter;
[quesText1 setText:#"Everything Ok"];
quesText1.layer.borderColor = [[UIColor grayColor] CGColor];
quesText1.tag = 100;
quesText1.delegate = self;
[questionView1 addSubview:quesText1];
[self.view addSubview:questionView1];
questionView1.userInteractionEnabled=YES;
set this line in your code
quesText1.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(20.0, 0.0, 20.0, 0.0);
Things to try out
Your background color is black and the textcolor will be black by
default.So set text color to white
The problem may be setting the border such that it covers the
default text
Please try this...
step1:
[self.view addSubView:questionView1];
step2:
adopt the protocol 'UITextViewDelegate' in your .h file and also put the following code
-(BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text
{
if ([text isEqualToString:#"\n"]) {
[textView resignFirstResponder];
}
return YES;
}
How can I create a horizontal scrolling UITextView?
When I set my text programmatically it adds automatic line breaks, so I can only scroll vertically...
titleView.text = #"this is a very long text. this is a very long text. this is a very long text. this is a very long text. this is a very long text.";
Thanks for your answers.
EDIT:
So far I tried this:
UIScrollview *yourScrollview = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0 ,0 , self.view.frame.size.width, 50)];
CGFloat textLength = [titleView.text sizeWithFont:titleView.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(9999, 50) lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping].width;
yourScrollview.contentSize = CGSizeMake(textLength + 200, 500); //or some value you like, you may have to try this out a few times
titleView.frame = CGRectMake(titleView.frame.origin.x, titleView.frame.origin.y, textLength, titleView.frame.size.height);
[yourScrollview addSubview: titleView];
NSLog(#"%f", textLength);
but I received: 'Threat 1: signal SIGABRT'
I have not yet done something like this, but I would try the following steps to accomplish this:
Create a UIScrollview *yourScrollview = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0 ,0 , self.view.frame.size.width, 50)]; //
Use CGFloat textLength = [titleView.text sizeWithFont:titleView.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(9999, 50) lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping].width;
to get the final length of your text
Set yourScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(textLength + 20, 50); //or some value you like, you may have to try this out a few times
Also set titleTextView.frame = CGRectMake(titleTextView.frame.origin.x, titleTextView.frame.origin.y, textLength, titleTextView.frame.size.height);
Make titleView a subview of yourScrollView: [yourScrollView addSubview: titleView];
Hope this gives you a good start!
EDIT: This Code will work:
Please notice I used a UILabel instead of a UITextView.
UILabel *titleView = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, 40)];
titleView.text = #"this is a very long text. this is a very long text. this is a very long text. this is a very long text. this is a very long text.";
titleView.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:18];
titleView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
titleView.numberOfLines = 1;
UIScrollView *myScrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, 50)];
CGFloat textLength = [titleView.text sizeWithFont:titleView.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(9999, 50) lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping].width;
myScrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(textLength + 20, 50); //or some value you like, you may have to try this out a few times
titleView.frame = CGRectMake(titleView.frame.origin.x, titleView.frame.origin.y, textLength, titleView.frame.size.height);
[myScrollView addSubview: titleView];
[self.view addSubview:myScrollView];
[titleView release];
[myScrollView release];
Here's the code for a UITextView that I want to size to the height of its content.
If I write the textView.frame height explicitly like:
textView.frame = CGRectMake(100, 12, 320, 458);
the textView sizes to it's content as expected.
If, however, I write it like the following. It doesn't even display although the NSLog statement says that there's a value to textView.contentSize.height
UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc] init];
textView.layer.borderWidth = 5.0f;
textView.layer.borderColor = [[UIColor redColor] CGColor];
textView.text = [item objectForKey:#"description"];
textView.frame = CGRectMake(100, 12, 320, textView.contentSize.height);
NSLog(#"%f textviewcontnet size", textView.contentSize.height);
textView.editable = NO;
[self.view addSubview:textView];
When I log the output of:
NSLog(#"%f textviewcontent size", textView.contentSize.height);
I get "458.000000 textviewcontent size"
thanks for any help
I'd suggest trying:
UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc] init];
textView.layer.borderWidth = 5.0f;
textView.layer.borderColor = [[UIColor redColor] CGColor];
textView.text = [item objectForKey:#"description"];
textView.frame = CGRectMake(100, 12, 320, 458);
textView.editable = NO;
[self.view addSubview:textView];
textView.frame = CGRectMake(100, 12, 320, textView.contentSize.height);
I've heard that textView.contentSize.height doesn't work until it's been added to a view (though that's not my experience). More importantly, I don't know how it would interpret textView.contentSize.height if it doesn't yet know what the width of the control is. So go ahead, set the initial frame, do addSubview and then readjust the size based upon textView.contentSize.height.
Quickly copied out of one of my projects:
AppDelegate *appDelegate;
CGSize textSize1, textSize2;
appDelegate = (AppDelegate*)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
textSize1 = [self.subjectLabel.text sizeWithFont:[appDelegate fontNormal] constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(300.0f, 10000.0f) lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
self.subjectLabel.frame = CGRectMake(10, 5, 300, textSize1.height);
textSize2 = [self.descriptionLabel.text sizeWithFont:[appDelegate fontNormal] constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(300.0f, 10000.0f) lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
self.descriptionLabel.frame = CGRectMake(10, 5 + textSize1.height + 5, 300, textSize2.height);
[appDelegate fontNormal] just returns a UIFont object, the one that I am using for all "normal" text items. Don't worry about that too much. But it is important that you use the same font that is used for the text view too.
My example is a bit easier because it is a UILable. That works with a text view too but you will have to consider the insects. Easy solution, just substract some "fuzzy offset" from the width compared to the frame width of your text view.
Am working in an iPhone app using UITextView. I am trying to increase the height of UITextView based on it's content length. It is working fine. But, when the height of uitextview increase the UITextView should change the height in up side not increase height in down.
This is the code am trying in my project,
baseView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 50, 320, 50)];
baseView.backgroundColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
[self.view addSubview:baseView];
TextView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20, 10, 280, 40)];
TextView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
TextView.layer.borderWidth = 2;
TextView.delegate = self;
TextView.font = [UIFont fontWithName:#"Helvetica" size:16];
[baseView addSubview: TextView];
-(void)textViewDidChange:(UITextView *)textView
{
CGRect frame = messageTextView.frame;
frame.size.height = messageTextView.contentSize.height;
TextView.frame = CGRectMake(20, 10, 280, frame.size.height);
baseView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 50, 320, frame.size.height+20);
}
When the UITextView height is changing the effect textview height will be increase on top side. Can anyone please help me on this? Thanks in advance.
In the method you change the frames, also edit the frame.origin.y value of the textView
-(void)textViewDidChange:(UITextView *)textView
{
CGRect frame = messageTextView.frame;
frame.size.height = messageTextView.contentSize.height;
TextView.frame = CGRectMake(20, 0, 280, frame.size.height); //previous y was 10
baseView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 50, 320, frame.size.height+20);
}
Nonetheless, I believe you are aware that you have only 10 pixels for the textView to go up, as you are adding it to a BaseView view.
I have a UITextView added on my UIView. The textview added is not editable, it is just to display some data. The data displayed in the textview is dynamic. Thats is the number of lines is not fixed. It may vary. So if the number of line increases, the size of the textview also needs to be increased. I have no clue how to do this. Please give me some ideas.
UPDATE:
Here's what I'm doing:
UIView *baseView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 300, 200)];
baseView.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
[window addSubview:baseView];
UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 30, 100, 30)];
textView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
textView.text = #"asdf askjalskjalksjlakjslkasj";
[textView sizeToFit];
[baseView addSubview:textView];
There is an answer posted at How do I size a UITextView to its content?
CGRect frame = _textView.frame;
frame.size.height = _textView.contentSize.height;
_textView.frame = frame;
or better(taking into account contentInset thanks to kpower's comment)
CGRect frame = _textView.frame;
UIEdgeInsets inset = textView.contentInset;
frame.size.height = _textView.contentSize.height + inset.top + inset.bottom;
_textView.frame = frame;
note: If you are going to reference a property of an object many times(e.g. frame or contentInset) it's better to assign it to a local variable so you don't trigger extra method calls(_textView.frame/[_textView frame] are method calls). If you are calling this code a lot(100000s of times) then this will be noticeably slower(a dozen or so method calls is insignificant).
However... if you want to do this in one line without extra variables it would be
_textView.frame = CGRectMake(_textView.frame.origin.x, _textView.frame.origin.y, _textView.frame.size.width, _textView.contentSize.height + _textView.contentInset.top + _textView.contentInset.bottom);
at the expense of 5 extra method calls.
You can use setFrame: or sizeToFit.
UPDATE:
I use sizeToFit with UILabel, and it works just fine, but UITextView is a subclass of UIScrollView, so I can understand why sizeToFit doesn't produce the desired result.
You can still calculate the text height and use setFrame, but you might want to take advantage of UITextView's scrollbars if the text is too long.
Here's how you get the text height:
#define MAX_HEIGHT 2000
NSString *foo = #"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.";
CGSize size = [foo sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]
constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(100, MAX_HEIGHT)
lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
and then you can use this with your UITextView:
[textView setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]];
[textView setFrame:CGRectMake(5, 30, 100, size.height + 10)];
or you can do the height calculation first and avoid the setFrame line:
UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(5, 30, 100, size.height + 10)];
sizeToFit Does Work
If you call sizeToFit after you set the text the first time it resizes. So after the first time you set it subsequent calls to set text will result in no change in size. Even if you call sizeToFit.
However, you can force it to resize like this:
Set the text.
Change the textView frame height to be CGFLOAT_MAX.
Call sizeToFit.
textView.contentSize.height in the textViewDidChange can only resize after text actually grows. For best visual result better to resize beforehand. After several hours I've figured out how to make it the same perfectly as in Instagram (it has the best algorithm among all BTW)
Initialize with this:
// Input
_inputBackgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, size.height - _InputBarHeight, size.width, _InputBarHeight)];
_inputBackgroundView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingNone;
_inputBackgroundView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleToFill;
_inputBackgroundView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
[self addSubview:_inputBackgroundView];
[_inputBackgroundView release];
[_inputBackgroundView setImage:[[UIImage imageNamed:#"Footer_BG.png"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:80 topCapHeight:25]];
// Text field
_textField = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(70.0f, 0, 185, 0)];
_textField.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
_textField.delegate = self;
_textField.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(-4, -2, -4, 0);
_textField.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = NO;
_textField.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = NO;
_textField.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15.0f];
[_inputBackgroundView addSubview:_textField];
[_textField release];
[self adjustTextInputHeightForText:#""];
Fill UITextView delegate methods:
- (void) textViewDidBeginEditing:(UITextView*)textView {
[self adjustTextInputHeightForText:_textField.text];
}
- (void) textViewDidEndEditing:(UITextView*)textView {
[self adjustTextInputHeightForText:_textField.text];
}
- (BOOL) textView:(UITextView*)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString*)text {
if ([text isEqualToString:#"\n"])
{
[self performSelector:#selector(inputComplete:) withObject:nil afterDelay:.1];
return NO;
}
else if (text.length > 0)
{
[self adjustTextInputHeightForText:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#", _textField.text, text]];
}
return YES;
}
- (void) textViewDidChange:(UITextView*)textView {
[self adjustTextInputHeightForText:_textField.text];
}
And the trick is...
- (void) adjustTextInputHeightForText:(NSString*)text {
int h1 = [text sizeWithFont:_textField.font].height;
int h2 = [text sizeWithFont:_textField.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(_textField.frame.size.width - 16, 170.0f) lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap].height;
[UIView animateWithDuration:.1f animations:^
{
if (h2 == h1)
{
_inputBackgroundView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0f, self.frame.size.height - _InputBarHeight, self.frame.size.width, _InputBarHeight);
}
else
{
CGSize size = CGSizeMake(_textField.frame.size.width, h2 + 24);
_inputBackgroundView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0f, self.frame.size.height - size.height, self.frame.size.width, size.height);
}
CGRect r = _textField.frame;
r.origin.y = 12;
r.size.height = _inputBackgroundView.frame.size.height - 18;
_textField.frame = r;
} completion:^(BOOL finished)
{
//
}];
}
This works perfectly for me:
#define MAX_HEIGHT 2000
CGSize size = [text sizeWithFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]
constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(100, MAX_HEIGHT)
lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap];
[textview setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:14]];
[textview setFrame:CGRectMake(45, 6, 100, size.height + 10)];
textview.text = text;
Do the following:
_textView.text = someText;
[_textView sizeToFit];
_textView.frame.height = _textView.contentSize.height;
Addressing the similar issue I just created a an auto-layout based light-weight UITextView subclass which automatically grows and shrinks based on the size of user input and can be constrained by maximal and minimal height - all without a single line of code.
https://github.com/MatejBalantic/MBAutoGrowingTextView
The answer given by #Gabe doesn't work in iOS7.1 seemingly until after viewDidAppear. See my tests below.
UPDATE: Actually, the situation is even more complicated. If you assign textView.text in the resizeTheTextView method, in iOS7, the resizing amounts to allowing for only a single line of text. Seriously odd.
UPDATE2: See also UITextView content size different in iOS7
UPDATE3: See my code at the very bottom for what I'm using now. Seems to do the job.
#import "ViewController.h"
#interface ViewController ()
{
UITextView *textView;
}
#end
#implementation ViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(50, 50, 200, 1)];
[self.view addSubview:textView];
CALayer *layer = textView.layer;
layer.borderColor = [UIColor blackColor].CGColor;
layer.borderWidth = 1;
textView.text = #"hello world\n\n";
// Calling the method directly, after the view is rendered, i.e., after viewDidAppear, works on both iOS6.1 and iOS7.1
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
[button setTitle:#"Change size" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button addTarget:self action:#selector(resizeTheTextView) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[button sizeToFit];
CGRect frame = button.frame;
frame.origin.y = 400;
button.frame = frame;
[self.view addSubview:button];
// Works on iOS6.1, but does not work on iOS7.1
//[self resizeTheTextView];
}
- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
// Does not work on iOS7.1, but does work on iOS6.1
//[self resizeTheTextView];
}
- (void) viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
// Does work on iOS6.1 and iOS7.1
//[self resizeTheTextView];
}
- (void) resizeTheTextView
{
NSLog(#"textView.frame.size.height: %f", textView.frame.size.height);
NSLog(#"textView.contentSize.height: %f", textView.contentSize.height);
// 5) From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/728704/resizing-uitextview
CGRect frame = textView.frame;
UIEdgeInsets inset = textView.contentInset;
frame.size.height = textView.contentSize.height + inset.top + inset.bottom;
textView.frame = frame;
NSLog(#"inset.top: %f, inset.bottom: %f", inset.top, inset.bottom);
NSLog(#"textView.frame.size.height: %f", textView.frame.size.height);
NSLog(#"textView.contentSize.height: %f", textView.contentSize.height);
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
#end
UPDATE3:
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] majorVersionNumber] < 7.0) {
CGRect frame = _abstractTextView.frame;
UIEdgeInsets inset = _abstractTextView.contentInset;
frame.size.height = _abstractTextView.contentSize.height + inset.top + inset.bottom;
_abstractTextView.frame = frame;
}
else {
CGSize textViewSize = [_abstractTextView sizeThatFits:CGSizeMake(_abstractTextView.frame.size.width, FLT_MAX)];
_abstractTextView.frameHeight = textViewSize.height;
}
After you add the UITextView to its parent if you set a Content Mode on it then it seems to resize itself automatically.
This means you don't need to work out the height manually and apply a height contraint. It just seems to work!! Tested in iOS7 and iOS8 on iPad.
e.g.
--
textView.contentMode = UIViewContentMode.Center;
--
If anyone can explain why this works it would be much appreciated.. I found it by accident when messing with options in interface builder.
Just set scrollEnabled to NO, or uncheck Scrolling Enabled in the Scroll View section in IB and the UITextView will self-size.