diff --git a/yobble/Views/Chat/PrivateChatView.swift b/yobble/Views/Chat/PrivateChatView.swift
index f3ee18b..e590e65 100644
--- a/yobble/Views/Chat/PrivateChatView.swift
+++ b/yobble/Views/Chat/PrivateChatView.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import SwiftUI
+#if canImport(UIKit)
+import UIKit
+#endif
 
 struct PrivateChatView: View {
     let chat: PrivateChatListItem
@@ -12,6 +15,7 @@ struct PrivateChatView: View {
     @State private var draftText: String = ""
     @State private var inputTab: ComposerTab = .chat
     @State private var isVideoPreferred: Bool = false
+    @State private var legacyComposerHeight: CGFloat = 40
     @FocusState private var isComposerFocused: Bool
     @EnvironmentObject private var messageCenter: IncomingMessageCenter
 
@@ -242,30 +246,36 @@ struct PrivateChatView: View {
                 .frame(width: 36, height: 36)
 
                 ZStack(alignment: .bottomTrailing) {
-                    if #available(iOS 16.0, *) {
-                        TextField(inputTab.placeholder, text: $draftText, axis: .vertical)
-                            .lineLimit(1...4)
-                            .focused($isComposerFocused)
-                            .submitLabel(.send)
-                            .disabled(currentUserId == nil)
-                            .onSubmit { sendCurrentMessage() }
-                            .padding(.top, 10)
-                            .padding(.leading, 12)
-                            .padding(.trailing, 44)
-                            .padding(.bottom, 10)
-                            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, minHeight: 40, alignment: .bottomLeading)
-                    } else {
-                        TextField(inputTab.placeholder, text: $draftText)
-                            .focused($isComposerFocused)
-                            .submitLabel(.send)
-                            .disabled(currentUserId == nil)
-                            .onSubmit { sendCurrentMessage() }
-                            .padding(.top, 10)
-                            .padding(.leading, 12)
-                            .padding(.trailing, 44)
-                            .padding(.bottom, 10)
-                            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, minHeight: 40, alignment: .bottomLeading)
+                    Group {
+                        if #available(iOS 160.0, *) {
+                            TextField(inputTab.placeholder, text: $draftText, axis: .vertical)
+                                .lineLimit(1...4)
+                                .focused($isComposerFocused)
+                                .submitLabel(.send)
+                                .disabled(currentUserId == nil)
+                                .onSubmit { sendCurrentMessage() }
+                        } else {
+                            LegacyMultilineTextView(
+                                text: $draftText,
+                                placeholder: inputTab.placeholder,
+                                isFocused: Binding(
+                                    get: { isComposerFocused },
+                                    set: { isComposerFocused = $0 }
+                                ),
+                                isEnabled: currentUserId != nil,
+                                minHeight: 10,
+                                maxLines: 4,
+                                calculatedHeight: $legacyComposerHeight,
+                                onSubmit: sendCurrentMessage
+                            )
+                            .frame(height: legacyComposerHeight)
+                        }
                     }
+                    .padding(.top, 10)
+                    .padding(.leading, 12)
+                    .padding(.trailing, 44)
+                    .padding(.bottom, 10)
+                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, minHeight: 40, alignment: .bottomLeading)
 
                     Button(action: {  }) { // переключатель на стикеры
                         Image(systemName: "face.smiling")
@@ -455,6 +465,155 @@ struct PrivateChatView: View {
     }
 }
 
+#if canImport(UIKit)
+private struct LegacyMultilineTextView: UIViewRepresentable {
+    @Binding var text: String
+    var placeholder: String
+    @Binding var isFocused: Bool
+    var isEnabled: Bool
+    var minHeight: CGFloat
+    var maxLines: Int
+    @Binding var calculatedHeight: CGFloat
+    var onSubmit: (() -> Void)?
+
+    func makeUIView(context: Context) -> UITextView {
+        let textView = UITextView()
+        textView.delegate = context.coordinator
+        textView.backgroundColor = .clear
+        textView.textContainerInset = .zero
+        textView.textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0
+        textView.isScrollEnabled = false
+        textView.font = UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: .body)
+        textView.text = text
+        textView.returnKeyType = .send
+        textView.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.defaultLow, for: .horizontal)
+
+        let placeholderLabel = context.coordinator.placeholderLabel
+        placeholderLabel.text = placeholder
+        placeholderLabel.font = textView.font
+        placeholderLabel.textColor = UIColor.secondaryLabel
+        placeholderLabel.numberOfLines = 1
+        placeholderLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
+        textView.addSubview(placeholderLabel)
+
+        NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
+            placeholderLabel.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: textView.topAnchor),
+            placeholderLabel.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: textView.leadingAnchor),
+            placeholderLabel.trailingAnchor.constraint(lessThanOrEqualTo: textView.trailingAnchor)
+        ])
+
+        context.coordinator.updatePlaceholderVisibility(for: textView)
+        DispatchQueue.main.async {
+            Self.recalculateHeight(for: textView, result: calculatedHeightBinding, minHeight: minHeight, maxLines: maxLines)
+        }
+
+        return textView
+    }
+
+    func updateUIView(_ uiView: UITextView, context: Context) {
+        context.coordinator.parent = self
+
+        if uiView.text != text {
+            uiView.text = text
+        }
+
+        uiView.isEditable = isEnabled
+        uiView.isSelectable = isEnabled
+        uiView.textColor = isEnabled ? UIColor.label : UIColor.secondaryLabel
+
+        let placeholderLabel = context.coordinator.placeholderLabel
+        if placeholderLabel.text != placeholder {
+            placeholderLabel.text = placeholder
+        }
+        placeholderLabel.font = uiView.font
+        context.coordinator.updatePlaceholderVisibility(for: uiView)
+
+        if isFocused && !uiView.isFirstResponder {
+            uiView.becomeFirstResponder()
+        } else if !isFocused && uiView.isFirstResponder {
+            uiView.resignFirstResponder()
+        }
+
+        Self.recalculateHeight(for: uiView, result: calculatedHeightBinding, minHeight: minHeight, maxLines: maxLines)
+    }
+
+    func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {
+        Coordinator(parent: self)
+    }
+
+    private var calculatedHeightBinding: Binding<CGFloat> {
+        Binding(get: { calculatedHeight }, set: { calculatedHeight = $0 })
+    }
+
+    private static func recalculateHeight(for textView: UITextView, result: Binding<CGFloat>, minHeight: CGFloat, maxLines: Int) {
+        let width = textView.bounds.width
+        guard width > 0 else {
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                recalculateHeight(for: textView, result: result, minHeight: minHeight, maxLines: maxLines)
+            }
+            return
+        }
+
+        let fittingSize = CGSize(width: width, height: .greatestFiniteMagnitude)
+        let targetSize = textView.sizeThatFits(fittingSize)
+        let lineHeight = textView.font?.lineHeight ?? UIFont.preferredFont(forTextStyle: .body).lineHeight
+        let maxHeight = minHeight + lineHeight * CGFloat(max(maxLines - 1, 0))
+        let clampedHeight = min(max(targetSize.height, minHeight), maxHeight)
+
+        if abs(result.wrappedValue - clampedHeight) > 0.5 {
+            result.wrappedValue = clampedHeight
+        }
+
+        textView.isScrollEnabled = targetSize.height > maxHeight + 0.5
+    }
+
+    final class Coordinator: NSObject, UITextViewDelegate {
+        var parent: LegacyMultilineTextView
+        let placeholderLabel = UILabel()
+
+        init(parent: LegacyMultilineTextView) {
+            self.parent = parent
+        }
+
+        func textViewDidBeginEditing(_ textView: UITextView) {
+            if !parent.isFocused {
+                parent.isFocused = true
+            }
+        }
+
+        func textViewDidEndEditing(_ textView: UITextView) {
+            if parent.isFocused {
+                parent.isFocused = false
+            }
+        }
+
+        func textViewDidChange(_ textView: UITextView) {
+            if parent.text != textView.text {
+                parent.text = textView.text
+            }
+            updatePlaceholderVisibility(for: textView)
+            LegacyMultilineTextView.recalculateHeight(for: textView, result: parent.calculatedHeightBinding, minHeight: parent.minHeight, maxLines: parent.maxLines)
+        }
+
+        func textView(_ textView: UITextView, shouldChangeTextIn range: NSRange, replacementText text: String) -> Bool {
+            if text == "\n" {
+                if let onSubmit = parent.onSubmit {
+                    DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                        onSubmit()
+                    }
+                    return false
+                }
+            }
+            return true
+        }
+
+        func updatePlaceholderVisibility(for textView: UITextView) {
+            placeholderLabel.isHidden = !textView.text.isEmpty
+        }
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 // MARK: - Preview
 
 // Previews intentionally omitted - MessageItem has custom decoding-only initializer.