How to move UITextView correction suggestion above text

Question

I\'m using a UITextView to roughly replicate the SMS text box above the keyboard. I\'m using a UITextView instead of a field so that it can expand with multiple lines.

Answer 1

Make sure your view controller delegate is listening to the notification when the keyboard pops up so that you resize your UITextView so that the keyboard doesn't obscure the UITextView. Then your correction won't be obscured by the keyboard. See:

http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/12641-uitextview-scroll-while-editing.html

Here is a copy of the code from that page in case the original link is broken:

// the amount of vertical shift upwards keep the Notes text view visible as the keyboard appears
#define kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD                    140.0

// the duration of the animation for the view shift
#define kVerticalOffsetAnimationDuration        0.50

- (IBAction)textFieldDoneEditing:(id)sender
{
    [sender resignFirstResponder];
}

- (IBAction)backgroundClick:(id)sender
{
    [latitudeField resignFirstResponder];
    [longitudeField resignFirstResponder];
    [notesField resignFirstResponder];

    if (viewShifted)
    {
        [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
        [UIView setAnimationDuration:kVerticalOffsetAnimationDuration];

        CGRect rect = self.view.frame;
        rect.origin.y += kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD;
        rect.size.height -= kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD;
        self.view.frame = rect;

        [UIView commitAnimations];

        viewShifted = FALSE;
    }       
}

- (BOOL)textViewShouldBeginEditing:(UITextView *)textView
{
    if (!viewShifted) {     // don't shift if it's already shifted

        [UIView beginAnimations:nil context:NULL];
        [UIView setAnimationDuration:kVerticalOffsetAnimationDuration];

        CGRect rect = self.view.frame;      
        rect.origin.y -= kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD;
        rect.size.height += kOFFSET_FOR_KEYBOARD;
        self.view.frame = rect;

        [UIView commitAnimations];

        viewShifted = TRUE;
    }
    return YES;
}