Combining text and images in `UITextView`

Question

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Answer 1

__block  NSTextAttachment *imageAttachment = [NSTextAttachment new];
        imageAttachment.bounds = CGRectMake(0, -5, 20, 20);
        NSAttributedString *stringWithImage = [NSAttributedString attributedStringWithAttachment:imageAttachment];
        [deCodedString replaceCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(deCodedString.length, 0) withAttributedString:stringWithImage];
        incomingMessage.messageAttributedString = deCodedString;

    SDWebImageDownloader *downloader = [SDWebImageDownloader sharedDownloader];
    imageAttachment.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"profile_main_placeholder"];

    [downloader downloadImageWithURL:aURL
                             options:0
                            progress:^(NSInteger receivedSize, NSInteger expectedSize) {
                                // progression tracking code
                            }
                           completed:^(UIImage *image, NSData *data, NSError *error, BOOL finished) {
                               if (image && finished) {
                                   [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 20)];
                                   imageAttachment.image = image;

                                   dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^(void)
                                                  {

                                                      [self.tbl_Conversation reloadRowsAtIndexPaths:[self.tbl_Conversation indexPathsForVisibleRows]
                                                                                   withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationNone];
                                                      [self.tbl_Conversation reloadData];
                                                  });



                                   //                                                              NSAttributedString *stringWithImage = [NSAttributedString attributedStringWithAttachment:imageAttachment];
                                   //                                                              [deCodedString replaceCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(deCodedString.length, 0) withAttributedString:stringWithImage];
                                   //                                                              incomingMessage.messageAttributedString = deCodedString;
                               }
                           }];