UIMenuController Has Zero Frame - ios

Question

I really went through every other question on SO related to this topic. But none helped me so far.
I am trying to show a UIMenuController on a UIView. I therefore subclassed the UIView and implemented all the required methods already.
In the UIViewController I instantiate a UIGestureRecognizer and add it to the custom UIView. This works just fine. I can also handle the long press gesture. It is just that the UIMenuController won't show up!
#interface CopyableView : UIView
#end
#implementation CopyableView
- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder
{
NSLog(#"_CAN BECOME 1. RESPONDER_");
return YES;
}
- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action
withSender:(id)sender
{
NSLog(#"_CAN PERFORM ACTION_");
return (action == #selector(copy:));
}
- (void)copy:(id)sender
{
NSLog(#"_COPY_");
}
#end
#interface InfoViewController : UIViewController
#property (nonatomic, weak) IBOutlet CopyableView *myView;
#end
#implementation InfoViewController
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
[self.myView addGestureRecognizer:[[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
action:#selector(handleLongPressGesture:)]];
}
- (void)handleLongPressGesture:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)recognizer
{
if (recognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan)
{
NSLog(#"__ %i __", [UIMenuController sharedMenuController].menuVisible);
[self.myView becomeFirstResponder];
UIMenuItem *item = [[UIMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Copy"
action:#selector(copy:)];
[[UIMenuController sharedMenuController] setMenuItems:#[item]];
[[UIMenuController sharedMenuController] setTargetRect:CGRectMake(33, 33, 33, 33)
inView:self.myView];
[[UIMenuController sharedMenuController] setMenuVisible:YES
animated:NO];
NSLog(#"__ %i __", [UIMenuController sharedMenuController].menuVisible);
NSLog(#"#### %# ####", NSStringFromCGRect([UIMenuController sharedMenuController].menuFrame));
}
}
Checking [UIMenuController sharedMenuController].menuVisible returns true at the end of the method. So things seem to work. Still I see nothing happening.
The frame of the UIMenuController is {{0, 0}, {0, 0}} which I cannot understand.