Add image to subclassed UIImageView - ios

Question

I am trying to add a tap gesture from a subclassed UIImageView and then control the tap from the View Controller. I am not getting any compiling errors but "addSubview" is not displaying any image. How can make the UIImageView to be displayed?
If I try to control the tap and pan gestures from the subclassed UIImageVIew I have no problems but I would like to control these functions from the View Controller
Relevant code looks like this.
UIImageView subclass　　　　
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder
{
self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];
if (self)
{
//self.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
previewController = [[PreviewController alloc]init];
[previewController self];
[self addSubview:character];
// Tap Initialization code
UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:(PreviewController *)self.previewController action:#selector(addCharacter:)];
[self addGestureRecognizer:tap];
self.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
}
return self;
}
View Controller
- (void)addCharacter:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)t
{
NSLog(#"add character");
imageNSArray = [NSMutableArray array];
uiImg = [UIImage imageNamed:#"homer.png"];
CGPoint loc = [t locationInView:self.view];
character = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:uiImg];
character.center = loc;
[imageNSArray addObject:character];
//Locate the imageNSArray on frameImageView area only.
[self.view addSubview:character];
UIPanGestureRecognizer *pan = [[UIPanGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(panCharacter:)];
[self.character addGestureRecognizer:pan];
character.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
}

Answer 1

put a view behind your subclassed imageView. Apply the gestureRecognition to the new View.
You can control your tap gesture from new view. Let me know if i am not clear, or if more info needed.

Answer 2

I think what you want is.. .you want to show a image when user taps on screen.
Do following steps:
1. drag & drop a tap gesture recognizer on default view of your view controller.
2. connect (ctrl +) gestureRecognizer with ViewController.m
Take a look at this code. (Just modified your code)
- (IBAction)onTap:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)sender {
NSLog(#"add character");
UIImage * uiImg = [UIImage imageNamed:#"sel.png"];
CGPoint loc = [sender locationInView:self.view];
UIImageView * character = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:uiImg];
character.center = loc;
[self.view addSubview:character];
}
Let me know if this is not what you want…
Edit
better go for this code… No need to do above steps.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(onTap:)];
[self.view addGestureRecognizer:tap];
self.view.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
}
- (void)onTap:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)sender
{
NSLog(#"add character");
UIImage * uiImg = [UIImage imageNamed:#"sel.png"];
CGPoint loc = [sender locationInView:self.view];
UIImageView * character = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:uiImg];
character.center = loc;
[self.view addSubview:character];
}