UIMenuController with custom item not working with UICollectionview

Question

I have added custom menu controller when long press on UICollectionViewCell

    [self becomeFirstResponder];
    UIMenuItem *menuItem = [[UIMenuItem alloc] i         


        

Answer 1

Maybe a bit late but i maybe found a better solution for those who are still search for this:

In viewDidLoad of your UICollectionViewController add your item:

UIMenuItem *menuItem = [[UIMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Title" action:@selector(action:)];
[[UIMenuController sharedMenuController] setMenuItems:[NSArray arrayWithObject:menuItem]];

Add the following delegate methods:

//This method is called instead of canPerformAction for each action (copy, cut and paste too)
- (BOOL)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView canPerformAction:(SEL)action forItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath withSender:(id)sender {
        if (action == @selector(action:)) {
            return YES;
        }
        return NO;
    }
    //Yes for showing menu in general
    - (BOOL)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView shouldShowMenuForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
        return YES;
    }

Subclass UICollectionViewCell if you didn't already. Add the method you specified for your item:

- (void)action:(UIMenuController*)menuController {

}

This way you don't need any becomeFirstResponder or other methods. You have all actions in one place and you can easily handle different cells if you call a general method with the cell itself as a parameter.

Edit: Somehow the uicollectionview needs the existence of this method (this method isn't called for your custom action, i think the uicollectionview just checks for existance)

- (void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView performAction:(SEL)action forItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath withSender:(id)sender {

}