Bordered UITextView

Question

I want to have a thin gray border around a UITextView. I have gone through the Apple documentation but couldn\'t find any property there. Please help.

Answer 1

I add UIImageView as a subview of the UITextView. This matches the native border on a UITextField, including the gradient from top to bottom:

textView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
UIImageView *borderView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0, 0, textView.frame.size.width, textView.frame.size.height)];
borderView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth;
UIImage *textFieldImage = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"TextField.png"] resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(15, 8, 15, 8)];
borderView.image = textFieldImage;
[textField addSubview: borderView];
[textField sendSubviewToBack: borderView];

These are the png images I use, and a jpg representation:

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