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;
}