Prevent editing of text in UITextField and hide cursor/caret/magnifying glass while using an inputView

Question

How do I prevent the editing of text in a UITextField along with hiding the cursor/caret/magnifying glass, but still present the keyboard, as I am using an in

Answer 1

Hiding the cursor is a lot simpler in iOS 7. Still need some trickery to disable the loupe

textField.tintColor = [UIColor clearColor];