UITableViewController select header for section

Question

I have a UITableView with multiple sections. Each section has a section header (a custom view) is there an easy way to detect when someone selects the section header? (Just like didSelectRowAtIndexPath, but for the header?)

Answer 1

This isn't radically different than @rckoenes answer, but it does provide a more orthodox way of handling events on views rather than using invisible buttons.

I'd rather add a UITapGestureRecognizer to my header view instead of adding invisible buttons and resizing them:

UITapGestureRecognizer *singleTapRecogniser = [[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGesture:)] autorelease]; [singleTapRecogniser setDelegate:self]; singleTapRecogniser.numberOfTouchesRequired = 1; singleTapRecogniser.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;    [yourHeaderView addGestureRecognizer:singleTapRecogniser]; 

and then:

- (void) handleGesture:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer; 

You can use gesture.view to see which was touched. Then do whatever you need to do to find out which header it was (tags, data array lookup... )

Answer 2

No there is no way to do it with the UITableViewDelegate.

What you can do is to add a button the size of the section header view and add it to the view. Set the tag of the button to the section index. Then just add the UIViewController as a target for the UIControlEventTouchUpInside.

Then by looking at the tag of the button you can see which section is clicked.