A light-weight UITextView subclass that adds support for placeholder.

1. To add the RSKPlaceholderTextView package to your Xcode project, select File > Swift Packages > Add Package Dependency and enter the repository URL.

    https://github.com/ruslanskorb/RSKPlaceholderTextView.git
   

1. Add the pod RSKPlaceholderTextView to your Podfile.

   pod 'RSKPlaceholderTextView'
   

2. Run pod install from Terminal, then open your app's .xcworkspace file to launch Xcode.

1. Add the ruslanskorb/RSKPlaceholderTextView project to your Cartfile.

   github "ruslanskorb/RSKPlaceholderTextView"
   

2. Run carthage update, then follow the additional steps required to add the iOS and/or Mac frameworks into your project.

Import the module.

import RSKPlaceholderTextView

Just create a text view and set the placeholder.

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    self.textView = RSKPlaceholderTextView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 20, width: self.view.frame.width, height: 100))
    self.textView.placeholder = "What do you want to say about this event?"

    self.view.addSubview(self.textView)
}

Build and run the RSKPlaceholderTextViewExample project in Xcode to see RSKPlaceholderTextView in action. Have fun. Figure out hooks for customization.

Ruslan Skorb

• http://github.com/ruslanskorb
• http://twitter.com/ruslanskorb
• ruslan.skorb@gmail.com

This project is available under the Apache License, version 2.0. See the LICENSE file for more info.