It is not possible to create placeholder in UITextView but you can generate effect like place holder by this.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
commentTxtView.text = @"Comment";
commentTxtView.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
commentTxtView.delegate = self;
}
- (BOOL) textViewShouldBeginEditing:(UITextView *)textView {
commentTxtView.text = @"";
commentTxtView.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
return YES;
}
-(void) textViewDidChange:(UITextView *)textView {
if(commentTxtView.text.length == 0) {
commentTxtView.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
commentTxtView.text = @"Comment";
[commentTxtView resignFirstResponder];
}
}
-(void) textViewShouldEndEditing:(UITextView *)textView {
if(commentTxtView.text.length == 0) {
commentTxtView.textColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];
commentTxtView.text = @"Comment";
[commentTxtView resignFirstResponder];
}
}
OR you can add label in textview just like
lbl = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(10.0, 0.0,textView.frame.size.width - 10.0, 34.0)];
[lbl setText:kDescriptionPlaceholder];
[lbl setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];
[lbl setTextColor:[UIColor lightGrayColor]];
textView.delegate = self;
[textView addSubview:lbl];
and set
- (void)textViewDidEndEditing:(UITextView *) textView {
if (![textView hasText]) {
lbl.hidden = NO;
}
}
- (void) textViewDidChange:(UITextView *)textView {
if(![textView hasText]) {
lbl.hidden = NO;
}
else {
lbl.hidden = YES;
}
}