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UIButton inside UIImageView does not respond to taps


UIImageView has userInteractionEnabled set to NO/ false by default.

You are adding the button as a subview to the image view. You should set it to YES / true.


May I ask why are you adding invisible UIButtons to UIImageView?

Seems like a bad practice, notice Interface Builder doesn't allow you to add UIButton inside them.

If you want an image with touch handling, you can:

UIButton * button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];[button addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonHandler) forControlEvents:UIControlEventAllEvents];[button setTitle:@"point" forState:UIControlStateNormal];[button setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"img.jpg"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];[button setFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 40.0, 40.0)];[scrollView addSubview:button];


You can have addInvisibleButtons implementation as

UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];[button setBackgroundColor:[UIColor clearColor]];[button addTarget:self action:@selector(buttonHandler) forControlEvents:UIControlEventAllEvents];[button setTitle:@"point" forState:UIControlStateNormal];button.frame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 40.0, 40.0);self.imageView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;[self.imageView addSubview:button];

If you want to have UIButton as completely invisible then you need to remove a line [button setTitle:@"point" forState:UIControlStateNormal]; since it use to show text on UIButton which make it visible.

This may resolve your issue.