select text inside UIWebView using singleTap

Question

I have UIWebView for displaying articles. These are all HTML pages. I need to select text from articles. So, i'm using UIMenucontroller for select option. I need to select text while user tap on singleTap. But when use singleTap nothing happen.

-(void)ViewDidLoad{

UITapGestureRecognizer *singletapp=[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self action:@selector(singleTap:)];
    singletapp.numberOfTapsRequired=1;

    [wbCont addGestureRecognizer:singletapp];

}

SingleTap:

-(void)singleTap:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
 {

     NSLog(@"single tap");

 CGPoint touchPoint = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:self.view];

 NSString *js = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"document.elementFromPoint(%f, %f).toString()", touchPoint.x, touchPoint.y];

 NSString * tagName = [wbCont stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:js];

 NSLog(@"Selected Name: %@",tagName);

 }

UIMenucontroller can be automatically when you select a text in web view — Desert Rose, Oct 15 '13 at 06:28
@DesetRose: I don't want UIMenuController. Because UIMenuController having copy,define. I can't remove this. — user2807197, Oct 15 '13 at 06:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 15 '13 at 06:41

Add this code in your viewDidLoad

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
                                                 selector:@selector(resetMenuController)
                                                     name:UIMenuControllerDidHideMenuNotification
                                                   object:nil];

Add this code in your class.Controller will not be shown

- (void) resetMenuController
{
    UIMenuItem *notesMI = [[UIMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle: @""
                                                     action: @selector(sample)];

    [[UIMenuController sharedMenuController] setMenuItems:@[notesMI]];
}
- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
{
    if (action == @selector(sample))
    {
        return YES;
    }
    return NO;
}

- (void) sample{}

It displaying Copy, Define. I don't want this. – user2807197 Oct 15 '13 at 06:44 — user2807197, Oct 15 '13 at 06:44
I need to displays without copy. – user2807197 Oct 15 '13 at 06:50 — user2807197, Oct 15 '13 at 06:50

select text inside UIWebView using singleTap

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