Simple way to show the ‘Copy’ popup on UITableViewCells like the address book App

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.

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