How can I make a UITextView not selectable?

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I have some text in a UITextView. I don't want it to be selectable. How can I do this?

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '10 at 07:47

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Use myTextView.editable = NO;

answered Apr 28 '10 at 07:47

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or (since iOS7) textview.selectable = NO – Epaga Feb 23 '14 at 17:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 28 '10 at 03:31

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Are there any features of the UITextView that you need that would not be available with a UILabel in a UIScrollView? Seems like the only thing you would lose is automatically setting the contentSize, which is easy enough to do manually.

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How can I make a UITextView not selectable?

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