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Make UILabel Copyable in Swift 4. Special thanks to Stephen Radford and his "Make UILabel Copyable in Swift" article http://stephenradford.me/make-uilabel-copyable/
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// | |
// CopyableLabel.swift | |
// | |
// Created by Lech H. Conde on 01/11/16. | |
// Copyright © 2016 Mavels Software & Consulting. All rights reserved. | |
// | |
import UIKit | |
class CopyableLabel: UILabel { | |
override var canBecomeFirstResponder: Bool { | |
return true | |
} | |
override init(frame: CGRect) { | |
super.init(frame: frame) | |
sharedInit() | |
} | |
required public init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) { | |
super.init(coder: aDecoder) | |
sharedInit() | |
} | |
private func sharedInit() { | |
isUserInteractionEnabled = true | |
addGestureRecognizer(UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(showMenu))) | |
} | |
override func copy(_ sender: Any?) { | |
UIPasteboard.general.string = text | |
UIMenuController.shared.setMenuVisible(false, animated: true) | |
} | |
@objc func showMenu(sender: AnyObject?) { | |
becomeFirstResponder() | |
let menu = UIMenuController.shared | |
if !menu.isMenuVisible { | |
menu.setTargetRect(bounds, in: self) | |
menu.setMenuVisible(true, animated: true) | |
} | |
} | |
override func canPerformAction(_ action: Selector, withSender sender: Any?) -> Bool { | |
return action == #selector(UIResponderStandardEditActions.copy) | |
} | |
} |
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