自己写了一个带placeHolder的textView，分享给大家

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@interface PlaceHolderTextView : UITextView {
    UILabel *placeHolder;//编辑区
}
@property(retain, nonatomic) NSString *placeHolderText;//显示提示文字的label
@property(retain, nonatomic) UIFont *placeHolderFont;//文字的字体
@property(assign, nonatomic) BOOL showPlaceHolderFlg;//是否显示提示文字

//手动设置placeHolder的位置
-(void) setPlaceHolderFrame: (CGRect) frame;

@end

#import "PlaceHolderTextView.h"

@implementation PlaceHolderTextView
//初始化方法
-(id) init {
    self = [super init];
    if(self) {
        [self setPlaceHolderInit];
    }
    return self;
}
//初始化方法
- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];
    if (self) {
        // Initialization code
        [self setPlaceHolderInit];
    }
    return self;
}
//初始化placeHolder
-(void) setPlaceHolderInit {
    placeHolder = [[UILabel alloc] init];
    placeHolder.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
    placeHolder.textColor = [UIColor grayColor];
    //设置注册事件
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(textDidChange:) name:UITextViewTextDidChangeNotification object:self];
}
//重写注销方法
-(void) dealloc {
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:UITextViewTextDidChangeNotification object:self];
}

//设置字体
-(void) setPlaceHolderFont:(UIFont *)placeHolderFont {
    _placeHolderFont = placeHolderFont;
    placeHolder.font = _placeHolderFont;
    [self setPlaceHolderFrame];
}
//设置文字
-(void) setPlaceHolderText:(NSString *)placeHolderText {
    _placeHolderText = placeHolderText;
    [self setPlaceHolderFrame];
}
//手动设置placeHolder的位置
-(void) setPlaceHolderFrame: (CGRect) frame {
    placeHolder.frame = frame;
}
//设置placeHolder的frame
-(void) setPlaceHolderFrame {
    NSString *str = @"";
    UIFont *font;
    if (_placeHolderText != nil) {
        str = _placeHolderText;
    }
    if(_placeHolderFont != nil) {
        font = _placeHolderFont;
    }  else  {
        font = [UIFont systemFontOfSize:12.0f];
    }
    placeHolder.text = str;
    placeHolder.font = font;
    CGSize size = [str sizeWithFont:font constrainedToSize:self.frame.size lineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByWordWrapping];
    float height = size.height + 1.0;
    placeHolder.frame = CGRectMake(2, 5, size.width, height >= self.frame.size.height ? self.frame.size.height : height);
    //    placeHolder.layer.borderWidth = 1;
}
//设置是否显示placeHolder
-(void) setShowPlaceHolderFlg:(BOOL)showPlaceHolderFlg {
    if(placeHolder == nil) return;
    _showPlaceHolderFlg = showPlaceHolderFlg;
    if (showPlaceHolderFlg) {
        [self addSubview:placeHolder];
    }  else  {
        [placeHolder removeFromSuperview];
    }
}
//文字变化调用的方法
-(void) textDidChange : (NSNotification *)notification {
    if (placeHolder != nil && _showPlaceHolderFlg) {//当前label没有初始化时，不做任何操作
        if (self.text == nil || [self.text isEqualToString:@""]) {
            [self addSubview:placeHolder];
        }  else  {
            [placeHolder removeFromSuperview];
        }
    }
}
@end