UITapGestureRecognizer doesn't fire up on UIView Subclass

Question

I've created a custom subclass of UIView because I needed to override drawRect method. I try to add a UITapGestureRecognizer to it, but this doesn't work for me. Here, the code of my ViewController:

MyCustomView *customView = [[MyCustomView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectFrame(0, 30, 30, 30)];
[customView setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];

UITapGestureRecognizer *tapGestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(doSomething)];
[customView addGestureRecognizer:tapGestureRecognizer];

I don't understand why when I touch my UIView subclass object, the gesture recognizer doesn't fire up.

Thanks a lot in advance !

FIXED IT OUT !

My view was on a UIImageView, and that UIImageView hadn't the userInteractionEnabled set to YES.

Apparently yes, my sublass is in fact a circle drawn with CoreGraphics. the frame is: 10, 30, 30, 30. — Vinestro
For information (it may help), the code I show you is in the tableView:cellForRowAtIndexPath method. One idea ? — Vinestro
in this case it would be better, if you declare your customView as an UIControl and not as an UIView and remove the UITapGestureRecognizer and add a target (like adding a target to an UIButton) to your CustomView — CarlJ

Vinestro Vinestro · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-11T12:01:13

FIXED IT OUT !

My view was on a UIImageView, and that UIImageView hadn't the userInteractionEnabled set to YES.

UITapGestureRecognizer doesn't fire up on UIView Subclass

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