Border around UITextView

#import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h> Import the above framework and include these lines in your class where textview is defined. [[self.textview layer] setBorderColor:[[UIColor grayColor] CGColor]]; [[self.textview layer] setBorderWidth:2.3]; [[self.textview layer] setCornerRadius:15]; Swift solution. self.textview.layer.borderColor = UIColor.gray.cgColor self.textview.layer.borderWidth = 2.3 self.textview.layer.cornerRadius = 15