Can I Programmatically Select Text in UITextView?

Question

Hello everyone,

I want to select Text on UITextView, similar to the default "Select" and "Select All" pop options we see when we tap. I want to the user the ability to do that from my custom menu. I played with selectedRange but that doesnt seem to do the trick. Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

The selectedRange property should do it but, as mentioned in the documentation, only in iPhone OS 3.0 and later. In 2.2 and earlier, the selectedRange property is actually an insertion point.