How to recognize tap over text view after it has became first responder?

Question

When the UITextView is tapped, I want it to stay working as the first responder but I need also to fire other events. The UITapGestureRecognizer works well before the UITextView is not first responder, but after it gets focused the tap is not recognized any more.

  UITapGestureRecognizer *singleTap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(singleTapRecognized:)];
  singleTap.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
  [txtView addGestureRecognizer:singleTap];
  [singleTap release];

  -(IBAction)singleTapRecognized:(id)sender
  {
     //Does not enter here with a tap after txtView is first responder
  }

You ever find a solution to this? – Trespassers W May 23 '14 at 03:23 — Trespassers W, May 23 '14 at 03:23

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 05 '12 at 04:51

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Use the following code in ViewDidLoad() method, and make sure to include

[yourTextView setUserInteractionEnabled:YES] 

UITapGestureRecognizer *gestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self action:SEL(textViewTapped:)];

 [gestureRecognizer setNumberOfTapsRequired:1];  
 [yourTextView addGestureRecognizer:gestureRecognizer];`

edited Dec 05 '12 at 04:51

Sathyajith Bhat

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answered Sep 28 '12 at 04:32

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The creation of the gesture recognizer in my code is done in the viewdidload. I can't see difference between my code and this one. I also tried setting the interaction enabled and it makes no difference. I think UITextView's interaction enabled is true by default. – Laureano Bonilla Sep 28 '12 at 17:00

Dmytro Hutsuliak · Answer 2 · 2015-09-03T18:20:10.537

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You should implement the following method on your gesture recognizer delegate:

-(BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer*)otherGestureRecognizer {
    return YES;  
}

edited Sep 03 '15 at 18:20

answered Sep 03 '15 at 13:01

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How to recognize tap over text view after it has became first responder?

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