Touch detection on UILabel inside UIScrollView - ios

Question

I have a UIScrollView and inside this I have UILabels. I need to detect touch events for the UILabels. At the moment, it is detecting the touch inside the second label only. It ignores the first.
I have the code -
Creating the UIScrollView
backGroundView = [[UIScrollView alloc] init];
backGroundView.frame= self.view.frame;
backGroundView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
[backGroundView setScrollEnabled:YES];
backGroundView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = YES;
backGroundView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(self.view.frame.size.width, self.view.frame.size.height);
backGroundView.delegate = self;
[self.view addSubview:backGroundView];
Creating the UILabel
UILabel *OneDay = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(15, stockChart.bounds.origin.y + stockChart.bounds.size.height + 35, 40, 30)];
OneDay.text = #"1d";
OneDay.tag = 1;
OneDay.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
OneDay.layer.borderColor = [UIColor grayColor].CGColor;
OneDay.layer.borderWidth = 1.0f;
OneDay.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
[OneDay addGestureRecognizer:detectTimeFrameChange];
[backGroundView addSubview:OneDay];
UILabel *FiveDay = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(45, stockChart.bounds.origin.y + stockChart.bounds.size.height + 35, 40, 30)];
FiveDay.text = #"5d";
FiveDay.tag = 2;
FiveDay.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
FiveDay.layer.borderColor = [UIColor grayColor].CGColor;
FiveDay.layer.borderWidth = 1.0f;
FiveDay.textAlignment = UITextAlignmentCenter;
[FiveDay addGestureRecognizer:detectTimeFrameChange];
[backGroundView addSubview:FiveDay];
Creating the gesturerecognizer
UITapGestureRecognizer *detectTimeFrameChange = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(timeFrameLabelTapped:)];
detectTimeFrameChange.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
[backGroundView addGestureRecognizer:detectTimeFrameChange];
Handling gesture
-(void)timeFrameLabelTapped:(UITapGestureRecognizer*)recognizer{
if (recognizer.view.tag == 1) {
NSLog(#"One pressed");
}
else if (recognizer.view.tag == 2){
NSLog(#"2 pressed");
}
}

Answer 1

You can use this :
UITapGestureRecognizer *labelTap=[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self action:#selector(labelTapped)];
labelTap.numberOfTapsRequired=1;
[yourLabel addGestureRecognizer:labelTap];
handle the touch tap event inside labelTapped method:
-(void)labelTapped
{
//your code to handle tap
}

Answer 2

Touch events are not detected on UIScrollview for getting your requirement add tap gestures to your label.
UITapGestureRecognizer *singleTap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(singleTapGestureCaptured)];
[OneDay addGestureRecognizer:singleTap];
-(void)singleTapGestureCaptured{
NSLog(#"touch detected");
}

Answer 3

You can find using tapgesturerecogniser like that...
UITapGestureRecognizer *singleFingerTap =
[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
action:#selector(handleSingleTap:)];
[self.scrollview addGestureRecognizer:singleFingerTap];
//The event handling method
- (void)handleSingleTap:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer
{
if(recognizer.view.tag == 1){}
//Do stuff here...
}

Answer 4

Where have you written the touchesBegan?
If you want to detect the touches in the label you'll have to create a subclass of label and write your touchesBegan there to detect the touch events

Answer 5

The problem here is that you are trying to use the same gesture recognizer for multiple views. A gesture recognizer can only be attached to a single view at once. You are only receiving events from the last view, because that is the view the recognizer is currently attached to. To fix the issue, simply create a gesture recognizer for each view you want to detect touches in.