objective c - iPhone/iPad context menu

Question

Im talking about the menu that shows up when you select a block of text it gives you the option to cut/paste/copy. I figured out how to add one more option to the menu, but if I add two or more options it will say "more" first. clicking it will show all the options I added. But is there a way to show all the options I added upfront? without the "more" menu item?

Answer 1

You need to use a UIMenuController. If you don't want Copy/Paste/Cut, you'll include something like this in your canPerformAction: method:

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender {
     if(action == @selector(someSelector:))
         return YES;
     else 
         return NO;
}

Creating a new menu item looks like this:

UIMenuItem *someAction = [[UIMenuItem alloc]initWithTitle:@"Something" action:@selector(doSomething:)];

UIMenuController *menu = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController];
menu.menuItems = [NSArray arrayWithObject:someAction];
[menu update];