UITextField -webView no longer supported

Question

I get the below debug output when working with some text fields.

UITextField -webView called. This method is no longer supported with the new text arc

Answer 1

Resetting the simulator solved the issue for me.

• XCode Version 5.1.1
• iOS simulator(s) 7.1

Answer 2

In previous iOS versions before iOS 7 all UITextFields and UITextViews had underlying UIWebView to show formatted text. Starting from iOS 7 formatted text is drawn using TextKit framework, so -webView property become deprecated.

It seems Apple frameworks still call the webView method internally.