iOS 8.0 or above
GrowingTextView is available through CocoaPods. To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:
Swift 5.0
pod 'GrowingTextView', '0.7.2'
Swift 4.2
pod 'GrowingTextView', '0.6.1'
Swift 4.1
pod 'GrowingTextView', '~> 0.5'
Swift 3
pod 'GrowingTextView', '~> 0.4'
Swift 2.3 (Stopped update since Sep 2016)
pod 'GrowingTextView', :git => 'https://github.com/KennethTsang/GrowingTextView.git', :branch => 'swift2'
GrowingTextView is also available through Carthage. To install it, add the following line to your Cartfile:
Swift 5.0
github "KennethTsang/GrowingTextView" ~> 0.7
Swift 4.2
github "KennethTsang/GrowingTextView" ~> 0.6
Swift 4.1
github "KennethTsang/GrowingTextView" ~> 0.5
Swift 3
github "KennethTsang/GrowingTextView" ~> 0.4
Swift 2.3 (Stopped update since Sep 2016)
github "KennethTsang/GrowingTextView" "swift2"
Copy GrowingTextView.swift
into your project.
Example
GrowingTextview is just a textview, download the example to see how to use it as a input toolbar like other instant messaging apps.
Using GrowingTextview programmatically
let textView = GrowingTextView()
textView.delegate = self
addSubview(textView)
Using GrowingTextview in Storyboard
- Drag a TextView into Storyboard.
- Set class to "GrowingTextView".
- Set delegate to it's view controller.
Sometime the view controller may incorrectly adjust the inset of textview automatically. To avoid this, set automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets
to false
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
automaticallyAdjustsScrollViewInsets = false
}
Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
maxLength | Int | Maximum text length. Exceeded text will be trimmed. 0 means no limit. | 0 |
trimWhiteSpaceWhenEndEditing | Bool | Trim white space and new line characters when textview did end editing. | true |
placeholder | String? | Placeholder text. | nil |
placeholderColor | UIColor | Placeholder text color. | UIColor(white: 0.8, alpha: 1.0) |
attributedPlaceholder | NSAttributedString? | Attributed Placeholder text. | nil |
minHeight | CGFloat | Minimum height of textview. | 0.0 |
maxHeight | CGFloat | Maximum height of textview. | 0.0 |
textView.maxLength = 140
textView.trimWhiteSpaceWhenEndEditing = false
textView.placeholder = "Say something..."
textView.placeholderColor = UIColor(white: 0.8, alpha: 1.0)
textView.minHeight = 25.0
textView.maxHeight = 70.0
textView.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
textView.layer.cornerRadius = 4.0
- Adopt
GrowingTextViewDelegate
instead of UITextViewDelegate. - Implement textViewDidChangeHeight.
- Call layoutIfNeeded() on superview inside the animation.
class ViewController: UIViewController, GrowingTextViewDelegate {
func textViewDidChangeHeight(_ textView: GrowingTextView, height: CGFloat) {
UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.2) {
self.view.layoutIfNeeded()
}
}
}
GrowingTextViewDelegate
is inherited from UITextViewDelegate. You may use it's delegate function as a normal UITextView.
class ViewController: UIViewController, GrowingTextViewDelegate {
func textViewDidChange(_ textView: UITextView) {
...
}
func textViewDidEndEditing(_ textView: UITextView) {
...
}
}
Check out UITextViewDelegate here: https://developer.apple.com/reference/uikit/uitextviewdelegate
Kenneth Tsang, [email protected]
GrowingTextView is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.