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

Simply place a UIButton exactly over the entire UITextField with no Label-text which makes it "invisible". This button can receive and delegate touches instead of the Textfield and the content of the TextField is still visible.