iOS 7 TextKit - How to insert images inline with text?
ios, ios7, textkit
Solution
You'll need to use an attributed string and add the image as instance of `NSTextAttachment`:
NSMutableAttributedString *attributedString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"like after"];
NSTextAttachment *textAttachment = [[NSTextAttachment alloc] init];
textAttachment.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"whatever.png"];
NSAttributedString *attrStringWithImage = [NSAttributedString attributedStringWithAttachment:textAttachment];
[attributedString replaceCharactersInRange:NSMakeRange(4, 1) withAttributedString:attrStringWithImage];
Problem
I am trying to get the following effect using a UITextView: Basically I want to insert an image between text. The image can simply just take up 1 row of space so there is no wrapping necessary. I tried just adding a UIView to the subview: ``` UIView *pictureView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 25, 25)]; [pictureView setBackgroundColor:[UIColor redColor]]; [self.textView addSubview:pictureView]; ``` But it seems to float over the text and cover it. I did a bit of reading on exclusion paths which appears to be one way of implementing this. However, I don't want to absolutely position the image - instead, it should flow with the text (similar to how `<span>` behaves in HTML).