Detect when a view is tapped on

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I have multiple Views inside a ViewController and I want to know when a view is tapped on and I'm not sure how to go about it

I assume this is iOS, however the term "clicked" implies the use of a mouse. Please edit your tags. — trojanfoe, Jun 24 '14 at 08:58
possible duplicate of [Detect if certain UIView was touched amongst other UIViews](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2793242/detect-if-certain-uiview-was-touched-amongst-other-uiviews) — Hemang, Jun 24 '14 at 09:07

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

In order to check whether certain view inside another view was touched you can use hitTest.

- (UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event;

In your custom implementation of touchesBegan check every touch in touches set. The point for hitTest method can be obtained using

- (CGPoint)locationInView:(UIView *)view;
method, where the view is your superView (the one that contains other views).

EDIT: Here's a fast custom implementation:

-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { 
    CGPoint locationPoint = [[touches anyObject] locationInView:self];
    UIView* viewYouWishToObtain = [self hitTest:locationPoint withEvent:event];
}

I hope this was helpful, Paul

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