Disabling the keyboard interaction in a Text View in iOS5, XCode 4.3.2

Question

Can someone please tell me how to disable the keyboard in a Text View? Whenever I click on words, the keyboard pops up and I am able to manipulate my original text. I just want it to be selectable, so you can copy, paste. I prefer this to be disabled for the whole app. If someone could tell me how and where to implement this I would really appreciate it.

ThX

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '12 at 20:18

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I think it's in the inspector isn't it?

answered Jun 20 '12 at 20:18

Luke Rowland

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In the Attributes Inspector Pane, Text View -> Behavior -> Uncheck Editable – Masterminder Jun 20 '12 at 21:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '13 at 04:01

For disabling using code, use the below given code.

Inherit UITextFieldDelegate protocol In your view controller add the text

@interface YourViewController () <UITextViewDelegate>

In viewDidLoad set yourself as a delegate:

yourUITextView.delegate = self;
Implement the delegate method below:

- (BOOL)textViewShouldBeginEditing:(UITextView *)textView
{ 
   return NO; 
}

Disabling the keyboard interaction in a Text View in iOS5, XCode 4.3.2

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