How to add text area in iOS app

Question

I am newbie for iPhone application. I want to add TextArea. I know how to add textField, however can someone help me how can I have Textare in my iPhone application?

I thought, I can increase the height of textfield and make it multi-line, however that option is not there.

Solution 1

You cannot increase the height of UITextField. for this you need to use UITextView. In your Interface builder where you got UITextField, there is also an option of UITextView. you can use UITextView same as UITextField in iPhone. UITextView is used for multiple lines

UITextView  *txt = [[UITextView  alloc]init];

//set frame

//add on view

[self.view addSubView:txt];

[txt release];

I hope this solves your problem Sample Code for TextView

Solution 2

UITextView  *txt = [[UITextView  alloc]initwithframe:CGRectMake(x, y, width,height)];



[self.view addSubView:txt];

[txt release];

Comments

[Fahim Parkar]

Thanks. No one told me to click option Behavior : Editable. That will do the trick...

[Ren]

Please add some form of description as to how the code you posted addresses the problem. Also, you should place any code in your answers within code blocks.