iOS: What is this box/menu with a pointer/arrow called?

Question

On iOS, when we tap-hold some text, it displays a menu with an arrow in it pointing towards the text.

I tried all sorts of Google searches, but I could not find it.

See the dark grey element in the image below.

ppalancica · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-12 16:57:13Z

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It is called a Popover control on iPad, on iPhone I think it does not come by default, but you can implement it using some 3-rd libraries, like:

Check out this video:

and see the description that Apple may reject the app if you are using the standard one because it is made to use for the iPad by the iOS SDK.

But if you create your custom one for iPhone, I think it should be fine.

answered Aug 12, 2014 at 16:57

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