iOS UITextView not displaying text

[forrestgrant]

Here is my code

		CGRect textFrame = CGRectMake(70, 25, 250, 30);
		UITextView *textView = [[UITextView alloc] initWithFrame:textFrame];
		[textView setTextColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
		[textView setFont:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]];
		textView.text = @"Hello World";
		[textField setBackgroundColor:[UIColor blackColor]];

When I run the app... I can see the block where text should be... but no text written? Anyone else having this issue?

 

[SqueegyX]

You never actually added the control to a view. Assuming this is in a view controller, you probably want to add a line like:

[self.view addSubview:textView]

Also you can use properties for those other items too, not just text:

textView.font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12]

Probably best to stay consistent between the 2 style of property assignment.

 

[forrestgrant]

Sorry I didn't add that line when pasting code, but I did add it to the view. The TextView appears (as a black box in the middle of the screen) But no text.

To be sure I wasnt going crazy, if I change UITextView to UITextField the text displays just fine. I don't want to use UITextField because it does not allow multiple line text.

Thanks.

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

FWIW, yes others on this forum and other forums have reported this. I haven't seen a clear explanation or solution.

 

[Svinja]

I had the same problem, my UITextView was positioned on UIScrollView outside of the visible screen and it didn't show text, when I put it on the visible part of the screen, the text is showed. I Guess it must be on the visible part of the screem.finally ended up using UILabel, works fine.

 

[wizard]

Silly question but is this the 2.1version of the SDK.

Just thought that I'd ask because Apple never notified me that 2.1 came out. I had to go pick it up myself.

Sadly though it sounds like you ran into another bug in the SDK. Isn't that fun?

Dave