Detect if user copies UITextView

Question

I have a UITextView in my app, is there any way I can detect if a user has selected it and copied the text inside?

OR

Is there anyway I can prevent the copy button from appearing?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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If you want to disable copy, paste functions you should subclass UITextView and add this code to your new class:

- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder
{
   return NO;
}

How to detect pasteboard events such as copying, pasting look here..

or here..

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Mar 30 '13 at 18:09

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Won't this also prevent the user from typing at all? Isn't "first responder" causing the keyboard to appear? – Albert Renshaw Mar 30 '13 at 18:11
I'll check it when I get home! Thanks! – Albert Renshaw Mar 30 '13 at 18:12
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@AlbertRenshaw first comment: indeed, you can't type into something that is not the first responder. – 11684 Mar 30 '13 at 18:26

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