UITapGestureRecognizer on UITextField no longer works in IOS 7.1

Question

I have a UITapGestureRecognizer attached to a UITextField to get a "drop down" like effect. When the UITextField is tapped, I present a UIPopover with the content. This worked like a charm pre 7.1 - Now the UITextField just becomes first responder, and the gesturerecognizer is totally ignored. Tried setting delaysTouchedBegan to YES but it didn't help.Any help?

I am facing the same issue? Want to know the reason. – Sanoj Kashyap Apr 09 '14 at 10:35 — Sanoj Kashyap, Apr 09 '14 at 10:35

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '14 at 13:07

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Why to use UITapGestureRecognizer, better to use UITextFieldDelegate methods

- (BOOL)textViewShouldBeginEditing:(UITextView *)textView{

   //Do what you need to do...

}

OR

You can wrap up your textView in a UIView and add the UITapGestureRecognizer on that view.

answered Mar 11 '14 at 13:07

Himanshu Joshi

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I just wrapped the textview in another view. But need to disable the user interaction of the text field. – Klu Mar 13 '14 at 17:24
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The `textFieldShouldBeginEditing:` delegate method won't be called when the text field is already the first responder. By implementing the gesture recognizer delegate as answered by @JuroSheridan it should work correctly in all cases. – Joris Kluivers Feb 09 '16 at 11:13

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '14 at 06:58

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Implement the delegate method for your tap gesture

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

Then set yourTapGesture.delegate = self;

answered Mar 13 '14 at 06:58

Juno Sheridan

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This should be the accepted answer. Using textViewShouldBeginEditing has some issues with it. IF you have multiple UITextFields in your view controller, textViewShouldBeginEditing gets called for all the UITextFields at random times. – K.K Jan 10 '17 at 10:42

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 11 '14 at 13:06

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Implement the delegate method of the UITextField:

- (BOOL)textFieldShouldBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField {
      // Show popover here

      return NO;
}

answered Mar 11 '14 at 13:06

graver

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UITapGestureRecognizer on UITextField no longer works in IOS 7.1

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