Figure out which of multiple buttons in UICollectionView cell was tapped - ios

Question

In my Swift code, I have a UICollectionViewCell with 3 buttons (all three have IBActions). From my UICollectionViewController I now want to "catch" the individual button taps.
I've followed this StackOverflow question and I can catch the UICollectionViewCell's touch-up inside up in my CollectionViewController with adding this line to the viewDidLoad
gestureRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = false
and with this function
func handleTapForCell(recognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer){
//I can break in here
}
But the piece missing now is how can I figure out which of the three buttons have been tapped? I have set different tags on the buttons but I have not found any place on the gestureRecognizer dealing with these tags.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

I think, you don't need to add Gesture on cell to get a button action of a tableviewCell. This code may help you:
func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
//Your tableviewCell code here
//set tag of cell button
cell.button1.tag = 1
cell.button2.tag = 2
cell.button3.tag = 3
//add action of your cell button
cell.button1.addTarget(self, action: Selector("cellButtonTapped:event:"), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
cell.button2.addTarget(self, action: Selector("cellButtonTapped:event:"), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
cell.button3.addTarget(self, action: Selector("cellButtonTapped:event:"), forControlEvents: .TouchUpInside)
// return cell
}
func cellButtonTapped(sender:UIButton, event:AnyObject){
let touches: NSSet = event.allTouches()!
let touch = touches.anyObject()
let currentTouchPosition: CGPoint = (touch?.locationInView(YOUR_TABLEVIEW_INSTANCE))!
if let indexPath: NSIndexPath = self.YOUR_TABLEVIEW_INSTANCE.indexPathForRowAtPoint(currentTouchPosition)!{
if sender.tag == 1{
//cell first button tap
}else sender.tag == 2{
//cell second button tap
}
else sender.tag == 3{
//cell 3rd button tap
}
}
}

Answer 2

You can follow the protocol/delegate paradigm.
What you need to do is define a protocol in Custom cell. Then make the viewcontroller subscribe to the cell delegate.
Implement the IBActions inside the custom cell class. Call the delegate methods in the IBActions of the buttons. viewcontroller who is delegating for the cell will receive the callbacks for button taps inside the cell.