ios - Simple way to show the 'Copy' popup on UITableViewCells like the address book App

Question

Is there a simple way for subclasses of UITableViewCell to show the 'Copy' UIMenuController popup like in the Address book app (see screenshot), after the selection is held for a while?

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Answer 1

There is now official interface for displaying UITableView cell menus in iOS 5. Example (from the table delegate):

- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView shouldShowMenuForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    return YES;
}

- (BOOL)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView canPerformAction:(SEL)action forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath withSender:(id)sender
{
    return (action == @selector(copy:));
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView performAction:(SEL)action forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath withSender:(id)sender
{
    if (action == @selector(copy:)){
        UITableViewCell *cell = [tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
        [[UIPasteboard generalPasteboard] setString:cell.textLabel.text];
    }
}

I tried modifying the UIMenuController's shared controller to add my own menu item, and I was able to add it and get the canPerformAction message for it, but returning YES didn't help; I wasn't able to make my custom menu item appear. From my experiments, it looks like only Copy, Cut, and Paste are supported. [EDIT Since this was posted, I've learned how to add custom menu items.]

Note that this works only if all three delegate methods are implemented.