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The correct way to implement a placeholder in a UITextView (Swift) + without delegate + Swift 4 AND correct bug on place holder
//
// UITextViewPlaceholder.swift
// TextViewPlaceholder
//
// Original Copyright (c) 2017 Tijme Gommers <tijme@finnwea.com>
// Modified Copyright (c) 2017 Jordan Favray <j.favray@free.fr>
//
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// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//
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//
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// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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// SOFTWARE.
import UIKit
/// Extend UITextView and implemented UITextViewDelegate to listen for changes
extension UITextView: UITextViewDelegate {
/// Resize the placeholder when the UITextView bounds change
override open var bounds: CGRect {
didSet {
self.resizePlaceholder()
}
}
/// The UITextView placeholder text
public var placeholder: String? {
get {
var placeholderText: String?
if let placeholderLabel = self.viewWithTag(100) as? UILabel {
placeholderText = placeholderLabel.text
}
return placeholderText
}
set {
if let placeholderLabel = self.viewWithTag(100) as! UILabel? {
placeholderLabel.text = newValue
placeholderLabel.isHidden = self.text.count > 0
placeholderLabel.sizeToFit()
} else {
self.addPlaceholder(newValue!)
}
}
}
/// When the UITextView did change, show or hide the label based on if the UITextView is empty or not
///
/// - Parameter textView: The UITextView that got updated
@objc public func textViewDidChange(_ textView: UITextView) {
if let placeholderLabel = self.viewWithTag(100) as? UILabel {
placeholderLabel.isHidden = self.text.count > 0
}
}
/// Resize the placeholder UILabel to make sure it's in the same position as the UITextView text
private func resizePlaceholder() {
if let placeholderLabel = self.viewWithTag(100) as! UILabel? {
let labelX = self.textContainer.lineFragmentPadding
let labelY = self.textContainerInset.top - 2
let labelWidth = self.frame.width - (labelX * 2)
let labelHeight = placeholderLabel.frame.height
placeholderLabel.frame = CGRect(x: labelX, y: labelY, width: labelWidth, height: labelHeight)
}
}
/// Adds a placeholder UILabel to this UITextView
private func addPlaceholder(_ placeholderText: String) {
let placeholderLabel = UILabel()
placeholderLabel.text = placeholderText
placeholderLabel.sizeToFit()
placeholderLabel.font = self.font
placeholderLabel.textColor = UIColor.lightGray
placeholderLabel.tag = 100
placeholderLabel.isHidden = self.text.characters.count > 0
self.addSubview(placeholderLabel)
self.resizePlaceholder()
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self,
selector: #selector(textViewDidChange),
name: NSNotification.Name.UITextViewTextDidChange,
object: nil)
}
}
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jofvr commented Jul 11, 2018

Like the original, just removed the delegate

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