Disable long press menu in text area/input UIWebview

Question

This seems to be one of the most frequently discussed topics here but I couldn\'t find a solution which actually works. I\'m posting this question to share a solution which

Answer 1

Also you can hide menu:

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(menuWillBeShown:) name:UIMenuControllerWillShowMenuNotification object:nil];

...

- (void)menuWillBeShown:(NSNotification *)notification {
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(),^{
        [[UIMenuController sharedMenuController] setMenuVisible:NO animated:NO];
    });
}

The essential trick here is dispatch_async.