UITableViewCell won't become first responder (Showing UIMenuController on cell gesture) - ios

I have an application with a UITabBar. Every tab is a UINavigationController with several UIViewControllers inside. One of those View Controllers contains a UITableView, and I want to display a floating menu for deleting the long pressed UITableViewCell.
I am using UIMenuController but it's not displayed because the cell refuses to become first responder.
Here's my code:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
UILongPressGestureRecognizer *lpgr = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(handleLongPress:)];
lpgr.minimumPressDuration = 1.0; //second
[table addGestureRecognizer:lpgr];
[lpgr release];
}
-(void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
if (gestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
CGPoint p = [gestureRecognizer locationInView: table];
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [table indexPathForRowAtPoint:p];
if (indexPath != nil) {
UITableViewCell* cell = [self tableView:table cellForRowAtIndexPath: indexPath];
[cell becomeFirstResponder];
UIMenuItem *delete = [[UIMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Delete" action:#selector(delete:)];
UIMenuController *menu = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController];
[menu setMenuItems:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:delete, nil]];
[menu setTargetRect:cell.frame inView:cell.superview];
[menu setMenuVisible:YES animated:YES];
}
}
}
On the UITableViewCell I have overriden the method:
-(BOOL) canBecomeFirstResponder {
return YES;
}
Any ideas on why the cell is not becoming the first responder?
Thanks!

I think I fixed your code :-)
-(void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
if (gestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
CGPoint p = [gestureRecognizer locationInView: self.tableView];
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:p];
if (indexPath != nil) {
[self becomeFirstResponder];
UIMenuItem *delete = [[UIMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:#"Delete" action:#selector(customDelete:)];
UIMenuController *menu = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController];
[menu setMenuItems:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:delete, nil]];
[menu setTargetRect:[self.tableView rectForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath] inView:self.tableView];
[menu setMenuVisible:YES animated:YES];
}
}
}
- (void)customDelete:(id)sender {
//
}
- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder {
return YES;
}
- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender {
if (action == #selector(customDelete:) ){
return YES;
}
return NO;
}
I did the following..
[self becomeFirstResponder];
[menu setTargetRect:[self.tableView rectForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath] inView:self.tableView];
Added true for canPerformAction Not mostly needed if you have implemented the function
Please change the tableview and other things to your local reference variables :-)
Good read - http://www.intridea.com/blog/2010/12/22/developers-notes-for-uimenucontroller

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Thanks valheru. I find a "nice" approach to achieve that:)
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{
[super viewDidLoad];
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{
return YES;
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