Showing custom UIView when UIMenuItem is clicked

Question

So I've created a custom view which I want to be displayed at the bottom of the screen to when a UIMenuItem is clicked.

I have in my ViewController.m :

UIMenuController *menuController = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController];
UIMenuItem *translateItem = [[UIMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Translate" action:@selector(translateClicked:)];
[menuController setMenuItems:[NSArray arrayWithObject:translateItem]];

The UITextView concerned has a custom UITextView with the methods (CustomTextView.m):

- (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender {
if (action == @selector(copy:)) return YES;
if (action == @selector(translateClicked:)) return YES;
return NO;
}

- (IBAction)translateClicked:(id)sender
{
NSLog(@"In Custom UITextView");
}

This shows "Copy" and "Translate" as the two menu options. Currently when "Translate" is clicked I get the log "In Custom UITextView".

Is it possible to have a method within the ViewController.m to have the following code?

CustomPopUp *customView = [CustomPopUp customView];
[self.view addSubview:customView];

AJ9 AJ9 · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-03T11:33:45

Solved this myself:

by removing the line:

if (action == @selector(translateClicked:)) return YES;

in CustomTextView.m

and adding:

- (void) translateClicked: (id) sender
{
    NSLog(@"In ViewController");
}

in ViewController.m. This allowed me to run methods within the original UIViewController.

Showing custom UIView when UIMenuItem is clicked

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