Change TextEditor background in iOS 16

Starting from iOS 16 we can set a custom background for TextEditor in SwiftUI using a combination of scrollContentBackground() and background() view modifiers. We first have to hide the default background on TextEditor by applying scrollContentBackground(.hidden), otherwise our custom background won't be visible. Then we can easily set a new background with the background() method.

struct ContentView: View {
    @State private var text = "Some text"
    
    var body: some View {
        TextEditor(text: $text)
            .frame(width: 300, height: 200)
            .scrollContentBackground(.hidden)
            .background(.indigo)
    }
}

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