12. A method comprising: determining, by use of a processor, a text selection context for a touchscreen device; ascertaining whether a text selection override policy is satisfied; and replacing application text selection rules with user-defined context-aware text selection rules for the determined text selection context in response to determining that the text selection override policy is satisfied, wherein application text selection rules for at least two different applications are replaced with the user-defined context-aware text selection rules.
12. A method comprising: determining, by use of a processor, a text selection context for a touchscreen device; ascertaining whether a text selection override policy is satisfied; and replacing application text selection rules with user-defined context-aware text selection rules for the determined text selection context in response to determining that the text selection override policy is satisfied, wherein application text selection rules for at least two different applications are replaced with the user-defined context-aware text selection rules. 16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the user-defined text selection rules comprise one-touch text selection rules and rules selected from the group consisting of override policy rules, statistical rules, lexical rules, character selection rules, poetry selection rules, phone number selection rules, a name selection rules, address selection rules, and combinations thereof.