At the end, I abandoned this approach. Takes so much memory to the extent that my daughter's old iPad would crash with an out of memory warning...

iniitamo.Thank you for the response.Is it possible to use SKLabelNode to enter text a-la UITextField?I have read a lot of negative stuff about SKShapeNodes. Thought, many issues had already been solved. I am trying to use rectangulars with rounded corners. How would I do that with SKSpriteNode? Just create a rounded png image and use it as a node texture? The main problem with this approach occurs when my node size changes, e.g. when the height is much smaller than width, the texture image gets disproprtionally squeezed/stretched. Something I do not have with SKShapeNode.Cheers!

Good observation, Claude31.Replaced with:textView.frame = CGRect(origin: newOrigin, size: CGSize(width: newFrame.width, height: newFrame.height))If you notice any other issues, this would be greatly appreciated!Thanks a lot!Igor

Hello.I think, I know why I had issues with my code. Looks like the textViewDidChange method was also influenced by didChangeSize(oldSize:) method which was also called every time I typed in a character and which I needed to handle rotation of my device.Anyways, I think I have come up with a solution how to handle expanding a textView which also gets adjusted with a rotation. Here is the code for the peer review.import UIKit class ViewController: UIViewController, UITextViewDelegate { var textView: UITextView! var btn: UIButton! var btnSend: UIButton! var keyboardHeight : CGFloat = 0 var isKeyboardShown = false var textViewHeight : CGFloat = 0 var textView_inset : CGFloat = 10 var textView_insetBottom : CGFloat = 5 let btnSendWidth : CGFloat = 50 let btnSendHeight : CGFloat = 50 override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() textViewHeight = 35 textView = UITextView(frame: CGRect(x: textView_inset+self.view.safeAreaInsets.left, y: self.view!.bounds.height, width: self.view.frame.width-textView_inset*3-self.view.safeAreaInsets.left-self.view.safeAreaInsets.right-btnSendWidth, height: textViewHeight)) textView.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.justified textView.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGray // Use RGB colour textView.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 39/255, green: 53/255, blue: 182/255, alpha: 1) // Update UITextView font size and colour textView.font = UIFont(name: "Verdana", size: 17) textView.textColor = UIColor.white // Make UITextView web links clickable textView.isSelectable = true textView.isEditable = true textView.dataDetectorTypes = UIDataDetectorTypes.link textView.isScrollEnabled = false // Make UITextView corners rounded textView.layer.cornerRadius = 10 // Enable auto-correction and Spellcheck textView.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionType.yes textView.spellCheckingType = UITextSpellCheckingType.yes // myTextView.autocapitalizationType = UITextAutocapitalizationType.None self.view.addSubview(textView) textView.delegate = self registerForKeyboardNotifications() btn = UIButton() btn.setTitle("PRESS", for: .normal) btn.setTitleColor(.red, for: .normal) btn.frame = CGRect(x: 50, y: 150, width: 100, height: 50) btn.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.showTextView(sender:)), for: .touchUpInside) self.view.addSubview(btn) btnSend = UIButton() btnSend.setTitle("SEND", for: .normal) btnSend.setTitleColor(.white, for: .normal) btnSend.backgroundColor = .red btnSend.frame = CGRect(x: self.view.frame.width-self.view.safeAreaInsets.right-btnSendWidth-textView_inset, y: self.view!.bounds.height, width: btnSendWidth, height: btnSendHeight) btnSend.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.sendMessage(sender:)), for: .touchUpInside) self.view.addSubview(btnSend) } override func viewWillLayoutSubviews() { var textView_y : CGFloat = 0 var btnSend_y : CGFloat = 0 // Required to ensure that the TextView's height is changed dynamically! if isKeyboardShown { textView_y = self.view!.bounds.height-keyboardHeight-textView.frame.height-textView_insetBottom btnSend_y = self.view!.bounds.height-keyboardHeight-btnSendHeight-textView_insetBottom } else { textView_y = self.view!.bounds.height btnSend_y = self.view!.bounds.height } textView.frame = CGRect(x: textView_inset+self.view.safeAreaInsets.left, y: textView_y, width: self.view.frame.width-textView_inset*3-self.view.safeAreaInsets.left-self.view.safeAreaInsets.right-btnSendWidth, height: textViewHeight) btnSend.frame = CGRect(x: self.view.frame.width-self.view.safeAreaInsets.right-self.btnSendWidth-textView_inset, y: btnSend_y, width: btnSendWidth, height: btnSendHeight) } @objc func showTextView(sender: UIButton!) { textView.becomeFirstResponder() } @objc func sendMessage(sender: UIButton!) { print("------SEND MESSAGE-------") } func textViewDidChange(_ textView: UITextView) { let fixedWidth = textView.frame.size.width // Changing height of the message UITextView var newSize = textView.sizeThatFits(CGSize.init(width: fixedWidth, height: CGFloat(MAXFLOAT))) // Limit the height to 100 if newSize.height > 100 { newSize.height = 100 textView.isScrollEnabled = true } else { textView.isScrollEnabled = false } var newFrame = textView.frame newFrame.size = CGSize.init(width: CGFloat(fmaxf(Float(newSize.width), Float(fixedWidth))), height: newSize.height) textViewHeight = newFrame.height var newOrigin = textView.frame.origin newOrigin.y -= (newSize.height - newFrame.size.height) textView.frame = CGRect(origin: textView.frame.origin, size: CGSize(width: newFrame.width, height: newFrame.height)) } func registerForKeyboardNotifications() { let notificationCenter = NotificationCenter.default notificationCenter.addObserver( self, selector: #selector(ViewController.keyboardWillShow(_:)), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil ) notificationCenter.addObserver( self, selector: #selector(ViewController.keyboardWillBeHidden(_:)), name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil) } func unregisterForKeyboardNotifications() { let notificationCenter = NotificationCenter.default notificationCenter.removeObserver( self, name: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil) notificationCenter.removeObserver( self, name: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil) } @objc func keyboardWillShow(_ notification: Notification) { isKeyboardShown = true // Reset the position of the textview to the bottom of the screen textView.frame = CGRect(x: textView_inset+self.view.safeAreaInsets.left, y: self.view!.bounds.height, width: self.view.frame.width-textView_inset*3-self.view.safeAreaInsets.left-self.view.safeAreaInsets.right-btnSendWidth, height: textViewHeight) btnSend.frame = CGRect(x: self.view.frame.width-self.view.safeAreaInsets.right-btnSendWidth-textView_inset, y: self.view!.bounds.height, width: btnSendWidth, height: btnSendHeight) if let keyboardFrame: NSValue = notification.userInfo?[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue { keyboardHeight = keyboardFrame.cgRectValue.height // Place the TextView above the keyboard self.textView.frame.origin.y -= (keyboardHeight+self.textView.frame.height+textView_insetBottom) // Determine a new TextView height dynamically let fixedWidth = textView.frame.size.width // Width never changes var newSize = textView.sizeThatFits(CGSize.init(width: fixedWidth, height: CGFloat(MAXFLOAT))) // Height is based on the number of characters // Limit the height to 100 if newSize.height > 100 { newSize.height = 100 textView.isScrollEnabled = true } else { textView.isScrollEnabled = false } var newFrame = textView.frame // A new frame: Fixed width; Dynamically changed height newFrame.size = CGSize.init(width: CGFloat(fmaxf(Float(newSize.width), Float(fixedWidth))), height: newSize.height) textViewHeight = newFrame.height // Assign the height value to the object property textView.frame = CGRect(origin: textView.frame.origin, size: CGSize(width: newFrame.width, height: newFrame.height)) self.textView.layoutIfNeeded() self.btnSend.frame.origin.y -= (keyboardHeight+self.btnSend.frame.height+textView_insetBottom) btnSend.frame = CGRect(origin: btnSend.frame.origin, size: CGSize(width: btnSendWidth, height: btnSendHeight)) } } @objc func keyboardWillBeHidden(_ notification : NSNotification) { isKeyboardShown = false if let _: NSValue = notification.userInfo?[UIResponder.keyboardFrameEndUserInfoKey] as? NSValue { //let newHeight: CGFloat let duration:TimeInterval = (notification.userInfo![UIResponder.keyboardAnimationDurationUserInfoKey] as? NSNumber)?.doubleValue ?? 0 let animationCurveRawNSN = notification.userInfo![UIResponder.keyboardAnimationCurveUserInfoKey] as? NSNumber let animationCurveRaw = animationCurveRawNSN?.uintValue ?? UIView.AnimationOptions.curveEaseInOut.rawValue let animationCurve:UIView.AnimationOptions = UIView.AnimationOptions(rawValue: animationCurveRaw) keyboardHeight = 0 UIView.animate(withDuration: duration, delay: TimeInterval(0), options: animationCurve, animations: { self.textView.frame.origin.y = self.view!.bounds.height self.textView.layoutIfNeeded() self.btnSend.frame.origin.y = self.view!.bounds.height }, completion: nil) } } func textViewDidBeginEditing(_ textView: UITextView) { textView.becomeFirstResponder() let tapRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(tapDetected(_:))) if self.view != nil {self.view!.addGestureRecognizer(tapRecognizer)} } func textViewDidEndEditing(_ textView: UITextView) { // Make the active field nil to hide the keyboard //self.activeField = nil; } @objc func tapDetected(_ tapRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) { textView?.resignFirstResponder() if self.view != nil {self.view!.removeGestureRecognizer(tapRecognizer)} } }Thanks!

Thanks, Claude31, but nope. This does not address the issue. Exactly the same behavior. Cheers.

Thanks eskimo!NWConnection looks nice but I need to come up with something quick at the moment.I tried your second approach extending OutputStream, but, as you expected, get error "Ambiguous use of 'write'". Unfortunately, attempts to fix it are not successful yet.EDIT: Hm, copying and pasting the code does not work, but typing it in does. Weird!!Thank you so much for your help, eskimo!