Enable copy and paste on UITextField without making it editable

Question

I want the text in a UITextField (or ideally, a UILabel) to be non-editable, but at the same time give the user the ability to cop

Answer 1

This will do everything you need. Will be copyable. But not editable, and won't show a keyboard or a cursor.

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var copyableUneditableTextfield: UITextField!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        copyableUneditableTextfield.delegate = self
        copyableUneditableTextfield.inputView = UIView()   //prevents keyboard     
        copyableUneditableTextfield.tintColor = .clear     //prevents cursor
        copyableUneditableTextfield.text = "Some Text You Want User To Copy But Not Edit"

    }

}

extension ViewController: UITextFieldDelegate {

    func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {
        return false //prevents editing
    }

}