Question

Is there anyway, I can copy the text inside UITextView to the clipboard when the user chooses Select All without waiting for Copy command from the user?

In other words, is it possible to make a -selectAll method like the following?

-(BOOL)selectAll
{
    //custom code to copy the text
    return YES;
}

Answer 1

You can subclass UITextView and override canPerformAction where you can call your own clipboard function if selectAll is chosen

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
{
    if (action == @selector(selectAll:))
    {
        [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard].string = self.text;
        return YES;
    }
    return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
}