Simple way to show the 'Copy' popup on UITableViewCells like the address book App

Question

Is there a simple way for subclasses of UITableViewCell to show the \'Copy\' UIMenuController popup like in the Address book app (see screenshot), after the selection is hel

Answer 1

created 2 scenarios out of Alexander's Code:

1.in case you want to copy textLabel and not detailTextLabel just use this code:

//MARK: Delegate
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, shouldShowMenuForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
    return (tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)?.textLabel?.text) != nil
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canPerformAction action: Selector, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath, withSender sender: Any?) -> Bool {
    return action == #selector(copy(_:))
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, performAction action: Selector, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath, withSender sender: Any?) {
    if action == #selector(copy(_:)) {
        let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath)
        let pasteboard = UIPasteboard.general
        pasteboard.string = cell?.textLabel?.text
    }
}

2.if you have customCell with customLabels and you want to copy all customLabels text Do this:

//MARK: Delegate
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, shouldShowMenuForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {

    return (tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath) != nil)
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, canPerformAction action: Selector, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath, withSender sender: Any?) -> Bool {
    return action == #selector(copy(_:))
}

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, performAction action: Selector, forRowAt indexPath: IndexPath, withSender sender: Any?) {

    if action == #selector(copy(_:)) {

        /* change these array names according to your own array names */
        let customlabel1 = customlabel1Array[indexPath.row]     
        let customlabel2 = customlabel2Array[indexPath.row]
        let customlabel3 = customlabel3Array[indexPath.row]


        let pasteboard = UIPasteboard.general
        pasteboard.string = "\(customlabel1)\n\(customlabel2)\n\(customlabel3)"     /*    \n is for new line.   */
    }
}

}

By the way you should set your tableView delegate to self in viewDidLoad for these to work, like this:

 override func viewDidLoad() {
  yourTableView.delegate = self
   }