How do you REALLY remove Copy from UIMenuController

The technique you linked to still seems to work. I implemented a UIWebView subclass with these methods, and only the A and B items appeared.

+ (void)initialize{    UIMenuItem *itemA = [[UIMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"A" action:@selector(a:)];    UIMenuItem *itemB = [[UIMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"B" action:@selector(b:)];    [[UIMenuController sharedMenuController] setMenuItems:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:itemA, itemB, nil]];    [itemA release];    [itemB release];}- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender{    BOOL can = [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];    if (action == @selector(a:) || action == @selector(b:))    {        can = YES;    }    if (action == @selector(copy:))    {        can = NO;    }    NSLog(@"%@ perform action %@ with sender %@.", can ? @"can" : @"cannot", NSStringFromSelector(action), sender);    return can;}

for ios >= 5.1 canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender is not working anymore.

If you are ok with just disable paste action here is a method:

add UITextFieldDelegate to you view controller and implement method like this

- (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string{if(textField == txtEmailRe)    return ((string.length) > 1 ? NO : YES);}

it means that if user enter more than one character for each action (it means that probably user is pasting something.) do not accept it in textfield.

it is a good practice for force user enter textfields like e-mail and

lemnar's answer is correct. Implementing a subclass of UIWebView works just fine. This example is OK for a UITextView. For a UIWebView, create a custom subclass as follows:

////  MyUIWebView.h//#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>@interface MyUIWebView : UIWebView@end

And:

////  MyUIWebView.m//#import "MyUIWebView.h"@implementation MyUIWebView-(BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender {    if (action == @selector(copy:))        return NO;    else        // logic to show or hide other things}@end

Then, instead of instantiating UIWebView, use MyUIWebView.

UPDATE:

If wanting to disable "copy" but leave "define" (and "translate",) which can be useful, this is how to do it; replace canPerformAction:withSender above with this:

-(BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender {    if (action == @selector(defineSelection:))    {        return YES;    }    else if (action == @selector(translateSelection:))    {        return YES;     }    else if (action == @selector(copy:))    {        return NO;    }    return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];}