How to disable copy share option while selecting text in uiwebview? But selecting text should work

Question

I want to restrict user from copying and sharing text in UIWebView.

The code i'm using is

- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
self.webview.delegate = self;
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"SampleHTML" ofType:@"html"];
NSString *htmlContent = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding error:nil];
[self.webview loadHTMLString:htmlContent baseURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@""]];

// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

}

-(BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
{
if (action == @selector(copy:))
return NO;

else if (action == @selector(select:))
return YES;

return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
}

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '16 at 10:08

The first thing you need to do is add new class with subclass of UIWEBVIEW.

Paste this code in .m file of your class.

@implementation UIWebView (Additional)

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
{
    BOOL superCanPerform = [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
    if (superCanPerform) {
        if (action == @selector(copy:) ||
            action == @selector(paste:)||
            action == @selector(cut:)||
            action == @selector(_share:))
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return superCanPerform;
}

Try this out and this will hide all the submenu required.

Jigar Tarsariya · Answer 2 · 2016-06-23T09:31:10.793

0

Try with code, This works for me

- (void)webViewDidFinishLoad:(UIWebView *)webView 
{
     [webView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:@"document.documentElement.style.webkitTouchCallout='none';"];
}

To Disable Sharing,

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender { 
if (action == @selector(customMethod:)) {
    return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
}
return NO;
}

Hope this Works for you.

edited Jun 23 '16 at 09:31

answered Jun 23 '16 at 09:05

Jigar Tarsariya

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I want to have selection option working, only copy and share i want to disable. – Dheeraj Chahar Jun 23 '16 at 09:12
Check Now :) You will also get more option from here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5995210/disabling-user-selection-in-uiwebview – Jigar Tarsariya Jun 23 '16 at 09:16
No it is still allowing user to copy the text inuiwebview. – Dheeraj Chahar Jun 23 '16 at 09:19
No its not working here. I have taken sample html and called in uiwebview. I have edited my code above. – Dheeraj Chahar Jun 23 '16 at 09:46
I have added your code too in this, but not performing. – Dheeraj Chahar Jun 23 '16 at 09:49

How to disable copy share option while selecting text in uiwebview? But selecting text should work

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