Copy button from Label (IOS)

Question

Copy button from Label.

I have code for the calculator but I can not figure out how to do it so that when I click on the button, the number with the Label is copied. Or how can I make it so that when I press long it appears to copy:

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import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var displayResultLabel: UILabel!
    var stillTyping = false
    var dotIsPlaced = false
    var firstOperand: Double = 0
    var secondOperand: Double = 0
    var operationSign: String = ""

    var currentInput: Double {
        get {
            return Double (displayResultLabel.text!)!
        }
        set {
            let value = "\(newValue)"
            let ValueArray = (value.components(separatedBy:"."))
            if ValueArray[1] == "0" {
                displayResultLabel.text = "\(ValueArray[0])"
            } else {
                displayResultLabel.text = "\(newValue)"
            }
            stillTyping = false
        }
    }

    @IBAction func numberPressed(_ sender: UIButton) {
        let number = sender.currentTitle!

        if stillTyping {
            if (displayResultLabel.text?.characters.count)! < 20 {
                displayResultLabel.text = displayResultLabel.text! + number
            }
        } else {
            displayResultLabel.text = number
            stillTyping = true
        }
    }

    @IBAction func twoOperandsSignPressed(sender: UIButton) {
        operationSign = sender.currentTitle!
        firstOperand = currentInput
        stillTyping = false
        dotIsPlaced = false
    }

    func operateWithTwoOperands(operation: (Double, Double) -> Double) {
        currentInput = operation(firstOperand, secondOperand)
        stillTyping = false
    }

    @IBAction func equalitySignPressed(sender: UIButton) {
        if stillTyping {
            secondOperand = currentInput
        }

        dotIsPlaced = false

        switch operationSign {
        case "+":
            operateWithTwoOperands{$0 + $1}
        case "-":
            operateWithTwoOperands{$0 - $1}
        case "×":
            operateWithTwoOperands{$0 * $1}
        case "÷":
            operateWithTwoOperands{$0 / $1}
        default: break
        }
    }

    @IBAction func dotButtonPressed(_ sender: UIButton) {
        if stillTyping && !dotIsPlaced {
            displayResultLabel.text = displayResultLabel.text! + "."
            dotIsPlaced = true
        } else if !stillTyping && !dotIsPlaced {
            displayResultLabel.text = "0."
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

I will answer both of your questions.

The first question: How to press a button that can copy the text that is being displayed on the UILabel?

Answer:

@IBAction func yourButtonAction(_ sender: UIButton) {
    UIPasteboard.general.string = yourLabel.text
}

The second question: How to long-press on the UILabel that shows the "Copy" action?

Answer:

To make UILabel copyable we need to create a custom class that is a subclass of UILabel. Temporarily called CopyableLabel:

import UIKit

class CopyableLabel: UILabel {

    override var canBecomeFirstResponder: Bool { return true }

    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
        sharedInit()
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        super.init(coder: aDecoder)
        sharedInit()
    }

    override func copy(_ sender: Any?) {
        UIPasteboard.general.string = text
        UIMenuController.shared.setMenuVisible(false, animated: true)
    }

    override func canPerformAction(_ action: Selector, withSender sender: Any?) -> Bool {
        return action == #selector(copy(_:))
    }
}

// MARK: Actions methods
extension CopyableLabel {

    func longPressGestureActionHandler(_ sender: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
        becomeFirstResponder()

        let menu = UIMenuController.shared

        if !menu.isMenuVisible {
            menu.setTargetRect(bounds, in: self)
            menu.setMenuVisible(true, animated: true)
        }
    }
}

// MARK: Helper methods
extension CopyableLabel {

    func sharedInit() {
        isUserInteractionEnabled = true
        addGestureRecognizer(UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(longPressGestureActionHandler(_:))))
    }
}

And use a CopyableLabel instead of a pure UILabel:

let yourLabel: CopyableLabel = CopyableLabel()

If you use the Interface Builder, make sure you've defined the base class of your Label:

Answer 2

You can implement copy and paste with UIPasteboard. You can read and write values over it's property string, e.g.:

displayResultLabel.text = UIPasteboard.general.string

pastes the current value from the pasteboard into your label, and

UIPasteboard.general.string = displayResultLabel.text

copies the value from label to the pasteboard.