UITapGestureRecognizer on UIImageView within UITablevlewCell not getting called - ios

Question

I currently have a custom UITableViewCell which contains a UIImageView and trying to add a UITapGestureRecognizer on the UIImageView with no luck. here is snippet of the code.
//within cellForRowAtIndexPath (where customer table cell with imageview is created and reused)
UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(handleImageTap:)];
tap.cancelsTouchesInView = YES;
tap.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
tap.delegate = self;
[imageView addGestureRecognizer:tap];
[tap release];
// handle method
- (void) handleImageTap:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
RKLogDebug(#"imaged tab");
}
I've also set userInteractionEnabled on the cell and the superview of the UIImageView but still no luck, any hints?
EDIT:
I've also remove cell's selection by cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone; Could this be a problem

Answer 1

UIImageView's user interaction is disabled by default. You have to enable it explicitly to make it respond to touches.
imageView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;

Answer 2

Swift 3
This worked for me:
self.isUserInteractionEnabled = true

Answer 3

In my case it looks like :
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
NSString *cellIdentifier = CELL_ROUTE_IDENTIFIER;
RouteTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
if (cell == nil) {
cell = [[RouteTableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault
reuseIdentifier:cellIdentifier];
}
if ([self.routes count] > 0) {
Route *route = [self.routes objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
UITapGestureRecognizer *singleTapOwner = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
action:#selector(imageOwnerTapped:)];
singleTapOwner.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
singleTapOwner.cancelsTouchesInView = YES;
[cell.ownerImageView setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
[cell.ownerImageView addGestureRecognizer:singleTapOwner];
} else {
cell.selectionStyle = UITableViewCellSelectionStyleNone;
}
return cell;
}
And selector :
- (void)imageOwnerTapped:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)gesture {
CGPoint location = [gesture locationInView:self.tableView];
NSIndexPath *tapedIndexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:location];
UITableViewCell *tapedCell = [self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:tapedIndexPath];
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.tableView indexPathForCell:tapedCell];
NSUInteger index = [indexPath row];
Route *route = [self.routes objectAtIndex:index];
}