Custom inputView with dynamic height in iOS 8

Another thing which I found critical for resizing an inputView on iOS 9 and up is setting allowsSelfSizing to true:

if #available(iOS 9.0, *) {
    self.inputView?.allowsSelfSizing = true
}

I had similar issues with sizing a custom keyboard from iOS 8 to iOS 10. I believe the proper solution is to have the input view provide a proper intrinsicContentSize and change (and invalidate!) that value when you want to change the view's height. Sample code:

class CustomInputView: UIInputView {
    var intrinsicHeight: CGFloat = 200 {
        didSet {
            self.invalidateIntrinsicContentSize()
        }
    }

    init() {
        super.init(frame: CGRect(), inputViewStyle: .keyboard)
        self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
    }

    required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: coder)
        self.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
    }

    override var intrinsicContentSize: CGSize {
        return CGSize(width: UIViewNoIntrinsicMetric, height: self.intrinsicHeight)
    }
}

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    @IBOutlet weak var textView: UITextView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        textView.becomeFirstResponder()

        let inputView = CustomInputView()
        // To make the view's size more clear.
        inputView.backgroundColor = UIColor(red: 0.5, green: 1, blue: 0.5, alpha: 1)
        textView.inputView = inputView

        // To demonstrate a change to the view's intrinsic height.
        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: DispatchTime.now() + .seconds(2)) {
            inputView.intrinsicHeight = 400
        }
    }
}

See also https://stackoverflow.com/a/40359382/153354.