Add placeholder to textView iOS swift || Placeholder for UITextView iOS swift

Solution:

In textfield we had an option for placeholder but it is not available for textView in XCode.No worries don't bang your heads on wall to handle this. I had the solution go ahead and enjoy.

First you have to create a label and add it to textview if textView is empty then show the label.

    var placeholderLabel : UILabel!

In viewdidload add the below code

        self.addPlaceHolderToTextView()

            placeholderLabel.isHidden = !textTV.text.isEmpty

Also add the below function in your class.

    // MARK: - PlaceHolders

    func addPlaceHolderToTextView(){

        placeholderLabel = UILabel()

        placeholderLabel.text = "Enter text"

        placeholderLabel.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: (textTV.font?.pointSize)!) 

        placeholderLabel.sizeToFit()

        textTV.addSubview(placeholderLabel)

        placeholderLabel.frame.origin = CGPoint(x:5 , y: (textTV.font?.pointSize)! / 2 )

        placeholderLabel.textColor = UIColor(white: 0, alpha: 0.3)

        placeholderLabel.isHidden = !textTV.text.isEmpty

    }

In textview delegate method add the below code.Because if you edit the textview at runtime it will works.

 // MARK: - TtextView delegates

    func textViewDidChange(_ textView: UITextView) {

        placeholderLabel.isHidden = !textView.text.isEmpty

    }

That's it enjoyyyy.....