make bubble arround text in uitextview?

Question

hi , everyone.. i am working on application which has the same user interface as Iphone Sms Application , i want to make a "To" text field to add multiple contacts from address book .

problem is that , how can i make the blue bubble in text after selecting the contact from address book .. and also i want to make the msg text field with auto resize , when the given frame will end , it will start scrolling down..

Please help me out.. Thanks..

Answer 1

You'll most likely want to use a UIWebView, or a completely custom UIView, rather than a UITextView. Those bubbles are all custom drawn, there's no API for using them. You'll have to place each chunk of text, and then draw the bubble around it.