UIMenuController not showing up
cocoa-touch, ipad, iphone, objective-c, uimenucontroller
Solution
You need to do three things:
- You need to call `-becomeFirstResponder` on the view or view controller.
- Your view or view controller needs to implement `-canBecomeFirstResponder` (returning `YES`).
- Optionally, your view or view controller can implement `-canPerformAction:action withSender:sender` to show/hide menu items on an individual basis.
Problem
I'm trying to create a custom UIMenuController and display it in my view. Here's my code: ``` UIMenuController *menuController = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController]; UIMenuItem *listMenuItem = [[UIMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"List" action:@selector(addList:)]; [menuController setMenuItems:[NSArray arrayWithObject:listMenuItem]]; [menuController setTargetRect:CGRectMake(50.0, 50.0, 0, 0) inView:self.view]; [menuController setMenuVisible:YES animated:YES]; [listMenuItem release]; ``` There are no errors or exceptions, but the menu controller just doesn't show up.