How to subclass UITextView

Question

How can I subclass UITextView in UIActionSheet to overwrite canBeforeFirstResponder to disable copy, select, and select all in UITextView.

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

@class English;

@protocol EnglishDelegate

- (void)dismissViewDidFinish:(UIViewController *)viewController;

@end


@interface English: UIViewController <UITextViewDelegate, UIScrollViewDelegate>


{
id<EnglishDelegate> delegate;
UITextView *textView;
UINavigationBar *navBar;
UINavigationController *navigationController;

}

@property (nonatomic, retain) UITextView *textView;
@property (nonatomic, assign) UINavigationBar *navBar;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UINavigationController *navigationController;
@property (nonatomic, assign) id<EnglishDelegate> delegate;
@property (nonatomic, retain) UIScrollView *scrollView; 

-(void)dismissView:(id)sender;

@end

Anyone knows how to subclass it in h file.

Thanks for help.

possible duplicate of [How disable Copy, Cut, Select, Select All in UITextView](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1426731/how-disable-copy-cut-select-select-all-in-uitextview) — Evan Mulawski, May 13 '12 at 00:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '12 at 15:36

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You wouldn't subclass UITextView inside of another class; you would just plain subclass it in another file and override the canBecomeFirstResponder as so:

- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder {
    return NO;
}

answered May 13 '12 at 15:36

Carter Pape

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you mean to say in m file i can subclass it. – user1120133 May 13 '12 at 15:39
You can subclass it in a `.h` file and override methods in the corresponding `.m` file. – Carter Pape May 13 '12 at 15:50
Without subclassing it can i override the canBecomefirstresponder or there is other way of disabling the copy paste menu – user1120133 May 13 '12 at 16:01
The best way to disable pasteboard operations in a `UITextView` is to subclass it and override `canBecomeFirstResponder`; the only way to override it is by subclassing `UITextView`. – Carter Pape May 13 '12 at 19:47

How to subclass UITextView

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