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

To disable any interaction with textfield except for making it a first responder you can just place a UIButton of the same size right over the textfield. Code for button tap event could be something like this:

- (IBAction)btnEditPhoneTapped:(id)sender
{
    if (self.tfClientPhoneNo.isFirstResponder == NO) [self.tfClientPhoneNo becomeFirstResponder];
}