How to click a button lying below UITableView - ios

Question

say, I have a button lying under UITableView, how can I click the button through the UITableViewCell but do not trigger the cell click event:
The reason I put the button behind the tableview is that I want to see and click the button under the cell whose color set to be clear, and when I scroll the table, the button can be covered by cell which is not with clear color

Answer 1

I created a sample project and got it working:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(TableViewVC.handleTap))
tap.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
}
func handleTap(touch: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
let touchPoint = touch.locationInView(self.view)
let isPointInFrame = CGRectContainsPoint(button.frame, touchPoint)
print(isPointInFrame)
if isPointInFrame == true {
print("button pressed")
}
}
To check of button is really being pressed we need to use long tap gesture:
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
let tap = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(TableViewVC.handleTap))
tap.minimumPressDuration = 0.01
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
}
func handleTap(touch: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
let touchPoint = touch.locationInView(self.view)
print(" pressed")
if touch.state == .Began {
let isPointInFrame = CGRectContainsPoint(button.frame, touchPoint)
print(isPointInFrame)
if isPointInFrame == true {
print("button pressed")
button.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGrayColor()
}
}else if touch.state == .Ended {
button.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
}
}

Answer 2

Get the touch point on the main view. Then use following method to check the touch point lies inside the button frame or not.
bool CGRectContainsPoint(CGRect rect, CGPoint point)

Answer 3

You can write your custom view to touch button or special view behind the topview
class MyView: UIView {
override func hitTest(point: CGPoint, withEvent event: UIEvent?) -> UIView? {
for subview in self.subviews {
if subview is UIButton {
let subviewPoint = self.convertPoint(point, toView: subview)
if subview.hitTest(subviewPoint, withEvent: event) != nil { // if touch inside button view, return button to handle event
return subview
}
}
}
// if not inside button return nomal action
return super.hitTest(point, withEvent: event)
}
}
Then set your controller view to custom MyView class