Question

Is there a simple way for subclasses of UITableViewCell to show the ‘Copy’ UIMenuController popup like in the Address book app (see screenshot), after the selection is held for a while?

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Answer 1

The method before iOS 5 is to get the UIMenuController’s shared instance, set the target rect and view and call -setMenuVisible:animated:. Remeber to implement -canPerformAction:withSender: in your responder.

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The method after iOS 5 (previously available as undocumented feature) is to implement these 3 methods in your data source (see https://developer.apple.com/reference/uikit/uitableviewdelegate#1653389).

-(void)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView performAction:(SEL)action forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath withSender:(id)sender;
-(BOOL)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView canPerformAction:(SEL)action forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath withSender:(id)sender;
-(BOOL)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView shouldShowMenuForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath*)indexPath;