How to style UITextview to like Rounded Rect text field?

Question

I am using a text view as a comment composer.

In the properties inspector I can\'t find anything like a border style property so that I can make use a rounded rect,

Answer 1

Here is my solution:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];


    self.textView.text = self.messagePlaceholderText;
    self.textView.layer.backgroundColor = [[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor];
    self.textView.layer.borderColor = [[[UIColor grayColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:0.3] CGColor];
    self.textView.layer.borderWidth = 0.5;
    self.textView.layer.cornerRadius = 5.5f;
    self.textView.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
    self.textView.textColor = [[UIColor grayColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:0.4];
}

- (void)textViewDidBeginEditing:(UITextView *)textView {
    if (textView == self.tvMessage) {
        // Delete placeholder text
        if ([self.textView.text isEqualToString:self.messagePlaceholderText]) {
            self.textView.text = @"";
            self.textView.textColor = [UIColor blackColor];
        }
    }
}

- (void)textViewDidEndEditing:(UITextView *)textView {
    if (textView == self.tvMessage) {
        // Write placeholder text
        if (self.textView.text.length == 0) {
            self.textView.text = self.messagePlaceholderText;
            self.textView.textColor = [[UIColor grayColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:0.4];
        }
    }
}