UIPicker detect tap on currently selected row

Question

I have a UIPickerView and The method didSelectRow is not called when tapping on a selected row. I need to handle this case. Any ideas?

Answer 1

First, conform the class to the UIGestureRecognizerDelegate protocol

Then, in the view setup:

UITapGestureRecognizer *tapToSelect = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self
                                                                                 action:@selector(tappedToSelectRow:)];
tapToSelect.delegate = self;
[self.pickerView addGestureRecognizer:tapToSelect];

And elsewhere:

#pragma mark - Actions

- (IBAction)tappedToSelectRow:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)tapRecognizer
{
    if (tapRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
        CGFloat rowHeight = [self.pickerView rowSizeForComponent:0].height;
        CGRect selectedRowFrame = CGRectInset(self.pickerView.bounds, 0.0, (CGRectGetHeight(self.pickerView.frame) - rowHeight) / 2.0 );
        BOOL userTappedOnSelectedRow = (CGRectContainsPoint(selectedRowFrame, [tapRecognizer locationInView:self.pickerView]));
        if (userTappedOnSelectedRow) {
            NSInteger selectedRow = [self.pickerView selectedRowInComponent:0];
            [self pickerView:self.pickerView didSelectRow:selectedRow inComponent:0];
        }
    }
}

#pragma mark - UIGestureRecognizerDelegate

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

Answer 2

Nikolay's answer in Swift 4:

First, add a UITapGestureRecognizer to your UIPickerView in viewDidLoad() and let your UIViewController conform to the UIGestureRecognizerDelegate.

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(pickerTapped))
tap.delegate = self
self.pickerView.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

Add this function which calls your UIPickerViewDelegate when a tap on a row has been detected:

@objc func pickerTapped(tapRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    if tapRecognizer.state == .ended {
        let rowHeight = self.pickerView.rowSize(forComponent: 0).height
        let selectedRowFrame = self.pickerView.bounds.insetBy(dx: 0, dy: (self.pickerView.frame.height - rowHeight) / 2)
        let userTappedOnSelectedRow = selectedRowFrame.contains(tapRecognizer.location(in: self.pickerView))
        if userTappedOnSelectedRow {
            let selectedRow = self.pickerView.selectedRow(inComponent: 0)
            pickerView(self.pickerView, didSelectRow: selectedRow, inComponent: 0)
        }
    }
}

Add the shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWith method from UIGestureRecognizerDelegate:

func gestureRecognizer(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWith otherGestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
    return true
}

Answer 3

Nikolay's Answer with Swift:

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(OCAccountSettingsViewController.pickerTapped(_:)))
tap.cancelsTouchesInView = false
tap.delegate = self
pickerView.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

important let your viewController confirm the UIGestureRecognizerDelegate otherwise handler won't fire:

func gestureRecognizer(gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer otherGestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
return true}

the last step will be the handler for tap event:

func pickerTapped(tapRecognizer:UITapGestureRecognizer)
{
    if (tapRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended)
    {
      let rowHeight : CGFloat  = self.pickerView.rowSizeForComponent(0).height
      let selectedRowFrame: CGRect = CGRectInset(self.pickerView.bounds, 0.0, (CGRectGetHeight(self.pickerView.frame) - rowHeight) / 2.0 )
      let userTappedOnSelectedRow = (CGRectContainsPoint(selectedRowFrame, tapRecognizer.locationInView(pickerView)))
      if (userTappedOnSelectedRow)
      {
        let selectedRow = self.pickerView.selectedRowInComponent(0)
        //do whatever you want here
      }
    }
  }