Question

I have a custom tablecell with an embedded MapView showing a small area. When the user selects the cell, I want to push a new view with a larger mapview and some more information, like distance from where you are, option of what map-type etc.

If I leave a small margin around my mapview, the user can click in that margin to select the cell, but how can I make the cell selected if they click inside the mapview?

regards,
-Vegar

Answer 1

I think you need to override the hitTest method inherited from UIView

- (UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event

This method traverses the view
hierarchy by sending the
pointInside:withEvent: message to each
subview to determine which subview
should receive a touch event. If
pointInside:withEvent: returns YES,
then the subview’s hierarchy is
traversed; otherwise, its branch of
the view hierarchy is ignored. You
rarely need to invoke this method, but
you might override it to hide touch
events from subviews.