How to draw text in UITextView

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How to draw text in UITextView just like there is a method called "drawTextInRect:" in UILabel and UITextField. Should I implement it in "drawRect:" or "drawLayer:inContext:". Thank your focus and patient! Thank your focus and patient!

Posted 18-Feb-15 14:33pm

Elijah_Lam

Updated 18-Feb-15 21:58pm

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KarstenK · Answer 1 · 2015-02-18T20:26:00

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You must override drawRect. Read details in the Apple documentation. I found this simple example code.

You must call setNeedsDisplay to trigger an drawing event.

Posted 18-Feb-15 20:26pm

KarstenK

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Elijah_Lam 20-Feb-15 11:45am

Thank you. I'll check it.