Question

Is there a simple way to implement the copy menu when a cell is tapped, instead of subclassing the UITableViewCell?

thanks,

RL

Answer 1

Yes!
Call [[UIMenuController sharedMenuController] setMenuVisible:YES animated:ani] (where ani is a BOOL determining whether the controller should be animated) from within - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath ( UITableView’s delegate method)

Edit: The ‘copy’ command on the UIMenuController will not by default copy the detailTextLabel.text text. However, there is a workaround. Add the following code into your class.

-(void)copy:(id)sender {
    [[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard] setString:detailTextLabel.text];
}


- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender {
    if(action == @selector(copy:)) {
        return YES;
    }
    else {
        return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
    }
}