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iOS

Posted by Elizabeth Hill
Elizabeth Hill
1,147 Points

UITextView (save Text)

I am trying to save characters in a UITextView. In other words if someone were to type something in a UITextView it would stay there till deleted (even if the application is closed). How would I do this? (Note: I have never used a UITextView before).

2 Answers

Neil Shweky
Neil Shweky
5,022 Points
Neil Shweky
Neil Shweky
5,022 Points

oh sorry about that...

Here's the code:

The .h file:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface ViewController : UIViewController<UITextViewDelegate>

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *string;
@property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet UITextView *textView;
@end

The .m file:

#import "ViewController.h"

@interface ViewController ()

@end

@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.string = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"text"];
    self.textView.text = self.string;

    self.textView.delegate = self;

    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:0.01 target:self selector:@selector(updateString) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];

}

//Saves the updated string in the user defaults
-(void) updateString{


    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:self.textView.text forKey:@"text"];
}


//Dismisses the keyboard
- (BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text {

    if([text isEqualToString:@"\n"]) {
        [textView resignFirstResponder];
        return NO;
    }

    return YES;
}

@end

If you have any problems...

kerdeseverin
kerdeseverin
9,688 Points

Remember to call the synchronize method after using the NSUserDefaults so that the value can be saved immediately.

Elizabeth Hill
Elizabeth Hill
1,147 Points

Uh your dropbox file was deleted or something. If you could just copy and paste some code snippet into the answer column that would be great! Thanks :)