wessmith/SAMTextView

Add a placeholder to UITextView.

SAMTextView

Add a placeholder to UITextView.

SAMTextView is tested on iOS 6 and requires ARC. Released under the MIT license.

Usage

// Initialize a text view
SAMTextView *textView = [[SAMTextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(20.0f, 20.0f, 280.0f, 280.0f)];

// Add a placeholder
textView.placeholder = @"Type something…";

// Change the placeholder color
textView.placeholderTextColor = [UIColor lightGrayColor];

See the header for full documentation.

Installation

Simply add the files in the SAMTextView.h and SAMTextView.m to your project or add SAMTextView to your Podfile if you're using CocoaPods.