#import "UITextView+Placeholder.h" #import @implementation UITextView (Placeholder) #pragma mark - Swizzle Dealloc + (void)load { // is this the best solution? method_exchangeImplementations(class_getInstanceMethod(self.class, NSSelectorFromString(@"dealloc")), class_getInstanceMethod(self.class, @selector(swizzledDealloc))); } - (void)swizzledDealloc { [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self]; UILabel *label = objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(placeholderLabel)); if (label) { for (NSString *key in self.class.observingKeys) { @try { [self removeObserver:self forKeyPath:key]; } @catch (NSException *exception) { // Do nothing } } } [self swizzledDealloc]; } #pragma mark - Class Methods #pragma mark `defaultPlaceholderColor` + (UIColor *)defaultPlaceholderColor { static UIColor *color = nil; static dispatch_once_t onceToken; dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{ UITextField *textField = [[UITextField alloc] init]; textField.placeholder = @" "; color = [textField valueForKeyPath:@"_placeholderLabel.textColor"]; }); return color; } #pragma mark - `observingKeys` + (NSArray *)observingKeys { return @[@"attributedText", @"bounds", @"font", @"frame", @"text", @"textAlignment", @"textContainerInset"]; } #pragma mark - Properties #pragma mark `placeholderLabel` - (UILabel *)placeholderLabel { UILabel *label = objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(placeholderLabel)); if (!label) { NSAttributedString *originalText = self.attributedText; self.text = @" "; // lazily set font of `UITextView`. self.attributedText = originalText; label = [[UILabel alloc] init]; label.textColor = [self.class defaultPlaceholderColor]; label.numberOfLines = 0; label.userInteractionEnabled = NO; objc_setAssociatedObject(self, @selector(placeholderLabel), label, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC); self.needsUpdateFont = YES; [self updatePlaceholderLabel]; self.needsUpdateFont = NO; [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(updatePlaceholderLabel) name:UITextViewTextDidChangeNotification object:self]; for (NSString *key in self.class.observingKeys) { [self addObserver:self forKeyPath:key options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:nil]; } } return label; } #pragma mark `placeholder` - (NSString *)placeholder { return self.placeholderLabel.text; } - (void)setPlaceholder:(NSString *)placeholder { self.placeholderLabel.text = placeholder; [self updatePlaceholderLabel]; } - (NSAttributedString *)attributedPlaceholder { return self.placeholderLabel.attributedText; } - (void)setAttributedPlaceholder:(NSAttributedString *)attributedPlaceholder { self.placeholderLabel.attributedText = attributedPlaceholder; [self updatePlaceholderLabel]; } #pragma mark `placeholderColor` - (UIColor *)placeholderColor { return self.placeholderLabel.textColor; } - (void)setPlaceholderColor:(UIColor *)placeholderColor { self.placeholderLabel.textColor = placeholderColor; } #pragma mark `needsUpdateFont` - (BOOL)needsUpdateFont { return [objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(needsUpdateFont)) boolValue]; } - (void)setNeedsUpdateFont:(BOOL)needsUpdate { objc_setAssociatedObject(self, @selector(needsUpdateFont), @(needsUpdate), OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC); } #pragma mark - KVO - (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context { if ([keyPath isEqualToString:@"font"]) { self.needsUpdateFont = (change[NSKeyValueChangeNewKey] != nil); } [self updatePlaceholderLabel]; } #pragma mark - Update - (void)updatePlaceholderLabel { if (self.text.length) { [self.placeholderLabel removeFromSuperview]; return; } [self insertSubview:self.placeholderLabel atIndex:0]; if (self.needsUpdateFont) { self.placeholderLabel.font = self.font; self.needsUpdateFont = NO; } self.placeholderLabel.textAlignment = self.textAlignment; // `NSTextContainer` is available since iOS 7 CGFloat lineFragmentPadding; UIEdgeInsets textContainerInset; #pragma deploymate push "ignored-api-availability" // iOS 7+ if (NSFoundationVersionNumber > NSFoundationVersionNumber_iOS_6_1) { lineFragmentPadding = self.textContainer.lineFragmentPadding; textContainerInset = self.textContainerInset; } #pragma deploymate pop // iOS 6 else { lineFragmentPadding = 5; textContainerInset = UIEdgeInsetsMake(8, 0, 8, 0); } CGFloat x = lineFragmentPadding + textContainerInset.left; CGFloat y = textContainerInset.top; CGFloat width = CGRectGetWidth(self.bounds) - x - lineFragmentPadding - textContainerInset.right; CGFloat height = [self.placeholderLabel sizeThatFits:CGSizeMake(width, 0)].height; self.placeholderLabel.frame = CGRectMake(x, y, width, height); } @end