Question

I have a button and I’m testing the taps on it, with one tap it change a background color, with two taps another color and with three taps another color again.
The code is:

- (IBAction) button 
{
    UITapGestureRecognizer *tapOnce = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self  action:@selector(tapOnce:)];
    UITapGestureRecognizer *tapTwice = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self  action:@selector(tapTwice:)];
    UITapGestureRecognizer *tapTrice = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self  action:@selector(tapTrice:)];

    tapOnce.numberOfTapsRequired  = 1;
    tapTwice.numberOfTapsRequired = 2;
    tapTrice.numberOfTapsRequired = 3;

    //stops tapOnce from overriding tapTwice
    [tapOnce requireGestureRecognizerToFail:tapTwice];
    [tapTwice requireGestureRecognizerToFail:tapTrice];

    //then need to add the gesture recogniser to a view - this will be the view that recognises the gesture
    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:tapOnce];
    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:tapTwice];
    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:tapTrice];
}

- (void)tapOnce:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gesture
{ 
    self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor]; 
}

- (void)tapTwice:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gesture
{
    self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
}

- (void)tapTrice:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gesture
{
    self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor]; 
}

The problem is that the first tap don’t works, the other yes.
If I use this code without button it works perfectly.
Thanks.

Answer 1

If you want the colors to change on tap of button, you should add these gestures on button in viewDidLoad method or so rather than on the same button action. The above code will repeatedly add gestures on tap of the button to the self.view and not on button.

- (void)viewDidLoad {
      [super viewDidLoad];
      UITapGestureRecognizer *tapOnce = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self  action:@selector(tapOnce:)];
      UITapGestureRecognizer *tapTwice = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self  action:@selector(tapTwice:)];
      UITapGestureRecognizer *tapTrice = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self  action:@selector(tapTrice:)];

      tapOnce.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
      tapTwice.numberOfTapsRequired = 2;
      tapTrice.numberOfTapsRequired = 3;
      //stops tapOnce from overriding tapTwice
      [tapOnce requireGestureRecognizerToFail:tapTwice];
      [tapTwice requireGestureRecognizerToFail:tapTrice];

      //then need to add the gesture recogniser to a view - this will be the view that recognises the gesture
      [self.button addGestureRecognizer:tapOnce]; //remove the other button action which calls method `button`
      [self.button addGestureRecognizer:tapTwice];
      [self.button addGestureRecognizer:tapTrice];
}