UIView atop the Keyboard similar to iMessage App

Question

currently I\'m attempting to basically implement and exact copy of Apples iMessage App.

That means I need a UITextView that is docked at the bottom of the screen, an

Answer 1

I recently ran into the same problem, and had to build out a custom solution as I wasn't entirely happy with the available 3rd party libraries. I've split out this implementation into it's own GitHub project:

MessageComposerView

From some simple testing on iOS 6.1 7 & 8 simulators the rotations seem to properly follow the keyboard. The view will also grow with text and resize automatically on rotation.

You can use a very basic init function like so to create it with screen width and default height e.g.:

self.messageComposerView = [[MessageComposerView alloc] init];
self.messageComposerView.delegate = self;
[self.view addSubview:self.messageComposerView];

There are several other initializers that are also available to allow you to customize the frame, keyboard offset and textview max height. See readme for more!