Multi-line TextField (similar to SMS) and / or 'Done' button in UITextView

Question

I\'ve been researching this for a few days now, and would appreciate a little help. Is there any way to generate a multi-line UITextField like Apple use in the SMS applicati

Answer 1

An old question, but after several hours I've figured out how to make it the same perfectly as in Instagram (it has the best algorithm among all BTW)

Initialize with this:

    // Input
    _inputBackgroundView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0f, size.height - _InputBarHeight, size.width, _InputBarHeight)];
    _inputBackgroundView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingNone;
   _inputBackgroundView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeScaleToFill;
    _inputBackgroundView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
    [self addSubview:_inputBackgroundView];
   [_inputBackgroundView release];

   [_inputBackgroundView setImage:[[UIImage imageNamed:@"Footer_BG.png"] stretchableImageWithLeftCapWidth:80 topCapHeight:25]];

    // Text field
    _textField = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(70.0f, 0, 185, 0)];
   _textField.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    _textField.delegate = self;
   _textField.contentInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(-4, -2, -4, 0);
   _textField.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = NO;
   _textField.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = NO;
    _textField.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:15.0f];
    [_inputBackgroundView addSubview:_textField];
   [_textField release];

   [self adjustTextInputHeightForText:@""];

Fill UITextView delegate methods:

- (void) textViewDidBeginEditing:(UITextView*)textView {

   [self adjustTextInputHeightForText:_textField.text];
}

- (void) textViewDidEndEditing:(UITextView*)textView {

   [self adjustTextInputHeightForText:_textField.text];
}

- (BOOL) textView:(UITextView*)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString*)text {

   if ([text isEqualToString:@"\n"])
   {
      [self performSelector:@selector(inputComplete:) withObject:nil afterDelay:.1];
      return NO;
   }
   else if (text.length > 0)
   {
      [self adjustTextInputHeightForText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", _textField.text, text]];
   }
   return YES;
}

- (void) textViewDidChange:(UITextView*)textView {

   [self adjustTextInputHeightForText:_textField.text];
}

And the trick is...

- (void) adjustTextInputHeightForText:(NSString*)text {

   int h1 = [text sizeWithFont:_textField.font].height;
   int h2 = [text sizeWithFont:_textField.font constrainedToSize:CGSizeMake(_textField.frame.size.width - 16, 170.0f) lineBreakMode:UILineBreakModeWordWrap].height;

   [UIView animateWithDuration:.1f animations:^
   {
      if (h2 == h1)
      {
         _inputBackgroundView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0f, self.frame.size.height - _InputBarHeight, self.frame.size.width, _InputBarHeight);
      }
      else
      {
         CGSize size = CGSizeMake(_textField.frame.size.width, h2 + 24);
         _inputBackgroundView.frame = CGRectMake(0.0f, self.frame.size.height - size.height, self.frame.size.width, size.height);
      }
      CGRect r = _textField.frame;
      r.origin.y = 12;
      r.size.height = _inputBackgroundView.frame.size.height - 18;
      _textField.frame = r;

   } completion:^(BOOL finished)
   {
      //
   }];
}