How do I size a UITextView to its content on iOS 7?

Question

I\'ve been using the accepted answer here for years.

On iOS 7, the contentSize.height becomes the frame.height-8, regardless of text content.

What\'s a worki

Answer 1

In iOS 8 you'll in inherit some content offset from the parent, which you need to get rid of as well.

A subclass example

// Originally from https://github.com/Nikita2k/resizableTextView

#import "ResizableTextView.h"

@implementation ResizableTextView

- (void) updateConstraints {

    // calculate contentSize manually
    // ios7 doesn't calculate it before viewDidAppear and we'll get here before
    CGSize contentSize = [self sizeThatFits:CGSizeMake(self.frame.size.width, FLT_MAX)];

    // set the height constraint to change textView height
    [self.constraints enumerateObjectsUsingBlock:^(NSLayoutConstraint *constraint, NSUInteger idx, BOOL *stop) {
        if (constraint.firstAttribute == NSLayoutAttributeHeight) {
            constraint.constant = contentSize.height;
            *stop = YES;
        }
    }];

    [super updateConstraints];
}

- (void)setContentOffset:(CGPoint)contentOffset
{
    // In iOS 8 we seem to be inheriting the content offset from the parent.
    // I'm not interested
}

@end