How to call didSelectRowAtIndexPath method with UITapGestureRecognizer?

Question

I've searched for hours on Google and Stackoverflow, tried them but no luck.

I have a UITableView tblDepartment and a UISearchBar studentSearch above it.

I add a UITapGestureRecognizer to dismiss the keyboard from studentSearch textbox when users tap outside the search box:

UITapGestureRecognizer *gestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(hideKeyboard)];
[self.tblDepartment addGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];

- (void)hideKeyboard
{
    [studentSearch resignFirstResponder];
}

After that, the method didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath isn't called anymore when I select row in tblDepartment. I know gestureRecognizer is the reason.

So, how can I hide the keyboard and still allow user to select row?

I tried this code but it didn't work:

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldReceiveTouch:(UITouch *)touch
{
    if ([touch.view isDescendantOfView:tblDepartment]) {
        return NO;
    }
    return YES;
}

Could you remove the gesture recognizer, and resign first responder from tableView:didSelectRowAtIndexPath: instead? — Sergey Kalinichenko
Try removing your gesture recognizer after the resignFirstResponder — ohr
@dasblinkenlight: Thank you for your comment. The tblDepartment has about 7 rows and the keyboard overlap them when display. I want users to be able to select rows if they don't want to search :) So when they tap outside the searchbox, the keyboard is dismissed and they can select the bottom rows. — Phuong Nguyen

Psycho Psycho · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-30T02:57:10

Set the gesture recognizer cancelsTouchesInView property to NO, it's YES by default, it prevents touches from reaching the underlying views if the GR recognizes its gesture.

How to call didSelectRowAtIndexPath method with UITapGestureRecognizer?

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