Making a UITextView not editable by the user

Question

I made this UITextView and everything is perfect except the fact that when the user taps it, the keyboard opens up. How can I disable that "editing(?)" option?
Here's the code:

- (void)loadAboutStable {
UITextView *aboutStable = [[UITextView alloc] init];
[aboutStable setText:@"Please check Your network connection"];
[self addSubview:aboutStable];}

James Webster · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-09T17:16:17.963

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[aboutStable setUserInteractionEnabled:NO] should do it

and if you still need scrolling:

aboutStable.editable = NO;

edited Jan 09 '13 at 17:16

answered Sep 06 '11 at 16:27

James Webster

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This will also prevent scrolling, which you may still want to allow. the solution by @Jacob prevents editing but allows scrolling. – Cowirrie Apr 09 '12 at 01:10
This does not allow scrolling.[textview setEditable:NO]; worked for me – pa12 Jul 10 '12 at 21:14

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '11 at 16:28

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aboutStable.editable = NO;

should work

answered Sep 06 '11 at 16:28

Jacob

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Alok · Answer 3 · 2019-05-30T04:10:45.543

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You can do it with XIB too by UnCheck of the editable checkbox as given in below screen :

and also do it by code :

textViewObject.editable = false

edited May 30 '19 at 04:10

answered Aug 10 '15 at 19:03

Alok

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score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 05 '15 at 02:25

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yourTextView.editable = NO;

It will make your text View not editable. It can be called from anywhere if you have made the property of you text view in .h file like this

@property (nonatomic, strong) UITextView *youTextView;

edited Nov 05 '15 at 02:25

Jamon Holmgren

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answered Nov 09 '12 at 11:36

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 23 '13 at 12:19

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Select the UITextView in the storyboard

Choose the Property Inspector and under the Behavior section uncheck "Editable"

----Xcode version 5.0

answered Oct 23 '13 at 12:19

user2911225

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 30 '15 at 13:20

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SWIFT 2.0 & XCODE 7.0 example for solution provided by @James Webster

In Main.storyboard (default), select your TextView
Go to the Attribute Inspector of the TextView
Uncheck "User Interaction Enabled"

answered Sep 30 '15 at 13:20

Patch92

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score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Sep 24 '18 at 15:19

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Swift 4 version:

aboutStable.isEditable = false

edited Sep 24 '18 at 15:19

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answered Sep 24 '18 at 14:57

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered May 15 '16 at 05:53

In Swift 2.0 it has to be false not NO.

theClues.selectable = false

I had a problem with making my clues appear in white letters unless I checked the selectable button on the storyboard for the textview. However, leaving "Selectable" checked and adding the line above works.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 03 '18 at 17:32

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to really destroy any interactivity ;)

descriptionText.isSelectable = false;
descriptionText.isEditable = false;

answered Dec 03 '18 at 17:32

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Making a UITextView not editable by the user

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