Implement UITouchDown for UIImageView

Question

I know how to implement touchesBegan for UIImageView

is it possible to implement UITouchDown for UIImageView ?(i know that i can use touchesBegan instead of UITouchDown but i want to implement UITouchDown)

Answer 1

Use a UIButton.

UIButton *aButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
[aButton setImage:someUIImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[aButton addTarget:self action:@selector(aMethod) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

[self.view addSubview:aButton];

Alternative to UIButton (longer method)

A UIControl implements user interactions and support for fine-grained user interactions already. You can combine the functionality of a UIImageView and a UIControl to achieve this since both are subclasses of UIView.

To get this behavior, add an object of UIImageView as a subview to a UIControl such that the image is fully covered. Then add a event handler to this control using addTarget:action:forControlEvents:. Here's an example:

// assuming the image view object exists
UIImageView *anImageView = ..;

// create a mask that the covers the image exactly
UIControl *mask = [[UIControl alloc] initWithFrame:anImageView.frame];

// add the image as a subview of this mask
CGSize imageSize = anImageView.frame.size;
anImageView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, imageSize.width, imageSize.height);
[mask addSubview:anImageView];

// add a target-action for the desired control events to this mask
[mask addTarget:self action:@selector(someMethod:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

// add the mask as a subview instead of the image
[self.view addSubview:mask];

Answer 2

You can use UITapGestureRecognizer, instead of creating custom UIButton.

Answer 3

You can't.

control events such as UIControlEventTouchDown etc are available for UIControl's child objects like UIButton, UITextField etc. UIImageView is a UIView and hence cannot generate control notifications.

You have to use touchesBegan and co.

Answer 4

control events such as UIControlEventTouchDown etc are available for UIControl's child objects like UIButton, UITextField etc. UIImageView is a UIView and hence cannot generate control notifications.