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

Well, I had a similar problem, and what I ended up using is actually create a disabled UITextField as the background and a UITextView above it to get the input... It sucks that iPhone API cannot have this by default. Also note that this does not auto-expand, but you can do this if you want by handling the textViewDidChange:

As for handling the return key, try implementing the following method from the UITextViewDelegate:

- (void)textViewDidChange:(UITextView *)inTextView {
    NSString *text = inTextView.text;

    if ([text length] > 0 && [text characterAtIndex:[text length] -1] == '\n') {
        inTextView.text = [text substringToIndex:[text length] -1]; // remove last return from text view
        [inTextView resignFirstResponder]; // hide keyboard
    }
}