 <p>To use this code:</p> <pre><code>(BOOL)textView:(UITextView *)textView shouldChangeTextInRange:(NSRange)range replacementText:(NSString *)text { if([text isEqualToString:"\n"]) { NSString *modifiedString = [textView.text stringByAppendingString:@"\n\u2022"]; [textView setText:modifiedString]; return NO; } return YES; } </code></pre> <p>Your header file must look like this:</p> <pre><code>@interface MyViewController : UIViewController &lt;UITextViewDelegate&gt; { //instance variables in here } </code></pre>