You might want to look into UIReferenceLibraryViewController. That’s the class that presents the dictionary view for you, you can instantiate it with a term and present it to the user.
Best, Igor > On 01 Sep 2016, at 15:09, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> wrote: > > I have an iOS app (9.3.5) which has an UITextView where the following is done > often: > > User long presses first word > (User clicks “Select” - only needed if Keyboard is visible) > User clicks “Define” > → the definition of the first word is displayed (e.g. in Oxford Dictionary > of English). > > I want to add a button, called “Show Definition of First Word” which does all > these steps. > Selecting the first word is no problem. > > But how to simulate the click on “Define” in the action method of my new > button? I cannot find anything in UITextView or UITextViewDelegate. > > In macOS I would use [NSView showDefinitionForAttributedString:atPoint: ]. > But I could find no such thing in UIView. > > Where to look for this? > > > Gerriet. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/igor%40elland.me > > This email sent to i...@elland.me _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
