[UPDATED w/ SOLUTION and WORKING CODE in bottom section]
In -viewDidLoad I alloc, initWithFrame:
Add myTextView to subView
Set some basic properties (alignment, background color, text color, etc)
Set default text
The .text does not appear. myTextView appears (as indicated by background color), set breakpoint, it has a frame, memory, etc. Everything looks right. myTextView looks good, but the .text is nil. I change it, set it, update it. No matter what the .text remains nil.
I have read the documentation over and over again. No mention of anything that I am not doing. I'm at a loss. Help.
in @interface MyController ()...
Everything used to be (weak) but I turned it up to (strong) just in case. No dice.
@property (strong, nonatomic) UIScrollView *scrollView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UIImageView *imageView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UILabel *titleLabel;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UITextView *contentTextView;
in viewDidLoad...
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
// scroll view
CGSize size = CGSizeMake(703, self.view.frame.size.width);
UIScrollView *aScrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame: self.view.frame];
self.scrollView = aScrollView;
[self.scrollView setDelegate: self];
[self.scrollView setDirectionalLockEnabled: YES];
[self.scrollView setContentSize: size];
[self.view addSubview: self.scrollView];
// image view
CGRect frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 703, 400);
UIImageView *anImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame: frame];
self.imageView = anImageView;
[self.scrollView addSubview: self.imageView];
[self.imageView setBackgroundColor: [UIColor blueColor]];
[self.imageView setContentMode: UIViewContentModeScaleAspectFit];
// text view
frame = CGRectMake(0, self.imageView.frame.size.height, 703, self.view.frame.size.width - self.imageView.frame.size.height);
size = CGSizeMake(self.view.frame.size.height -320, self.view.frame.size.width - self.imageView.frame.size.height);
NSTextContainer *textContainer = [[NSTextContainer alloc] initWithSize: size];
UITextView *aTextView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame: frame textContainer: textContainer];
self.contentTextView = aTextView;
[self.scrollView addSubview: self.contentTextView];
self.contentTextView.delegate = self;
self.contentTextView.editable = NO;
self.contentTextView.hidden = NO;
[self.body setBackgroundColor: [UIColor orangeColor]];
// text characteristics
self.contentTextView.textColor = [UIColor blueColor];
self.contentTextView.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentNatural;
self.contentTextView.font = [UIFont fontWithName: @"Helvetica" size: 30];
self.contentTextView.text = @"SOME AWESOME TEXT";
self.contentTextView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
// text view specific
self.contentTextView.contentSize = size;
// controller
[self setEdgesForExtendedLayout:UIRectEdgeNone];
}
[Update: Solution]
When alloc/initializing a UITextView with a NSTextContainer you also need to separately initialize NSLayoutManager and NSTextStorage for the .text to stick.
Here's the updated working code
NSTextContainer *textContainer = [[NSTextContainer alloc] initWithSize: size];
NSLayoutManager *layoutManager = [NSLayoutManager new];
self.layoutManager = layoutManager;
[layoutManager addTextContainer: textContainer];
NSTextStorage *textStorage = [[NSTextStorage alloc] initWithString: kBaconIpsum];
self.textStorage = textStorage;
[textStorage addLayoutManager: layoutManager];
UITextView *aTextView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame: frame textContainer: textContainer];
self.contentTextView = aTextView;
[self.scrollView addSubview: self.contentTextView];
NSTextContainer
is the new feature of iOS 7.0, it defines the region where the text is laid out. And according to Apple's Documentations, it says "The new text container must be added to an NSLayoutManager object before it can be used.". I think thats why the.text
is alwaysnil
.