Prevent editing of text in UITextField and hide cursor/caret/magnifying glass while using an inputView

Question

How do I prevent the editing of text in a UITextField along with hiding the cursor/caret/magnifying glass, but still present the keyboard, as I am using an in

Answer 1

To have a UITextField without interaction, but still work with an inputView:

Subclass UITextField with these methods:

// Hide the cursor
- (CGRect)caretRectForPosition:(UITextPosition*)position
{
    return CGRectZero;
}

// All touches inside will be ignored
// and intercepted by the superview
- (BOOL)pointInside:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    return NO;
}

The last method will single-handedly prevent any editing and the magnifier glass, as you won't be able to tap the UITextField.

This works great if you're using a textfield in a UITableViewCell for example, and then can toggle firstResponder status through tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath:.