How to disable UITextField editing but still accept touch?

Question

I\'m making a UITextField that has a UIPickerView as inputView. Its all good, except that I can edit by copy, paste, cut and select te

Answer 1

Using the textfield delegate, there's a method

- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string

Return NO from this, and any attempt by the user to edit the text will be rejected.

That way you can leave the field enabled but still prevent people pasting text into it.