Add “padding” to a UITextView

Question

as the title says i am trying to add padding-like behavior to a UITextView. The textview is generated when the view is pushed inside my navigation controller and the following c

Answer 1

Simply create an extension of UITextView using Container Edge Inset as following:

extension UITextView {
    func leftSpace() {
        self.textContainerInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 4, left: 6, bottom: 4, right: 4)
    }
}

and use it like:

let textView = UITextView()
textView. leftSpace()