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alecail
alecail

Reputation: 4052

Overlapping UIControls

I have two custom UIControls. These are scrolling wheels.

Their frames overlap. On the screen capture, the one on the top left is behind the one on the right. How may I begin the tracking on the left one when the touch is initiated inside the overlapping region ?

My beginTrackingWithTouch looks like this:

- (BOOL)beginTrackingWithTouch:(UITouch *)touch withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
if (!insideCircle) return NO; } // pseudo-code

How can the event be propagated to the views behind the UIControls that respond NO ?

overlapping frames

Upvotes: 0

Views: 148

Answers (1)

Petro Korienev
Petro Korienev

Reputation: 4027

My suggestion is:
1) Subclass UIView for your wheel, for example WheelView;
2) Override -(BOOL)pointInside:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent*)event
For example:

-(BOOL)pointInside:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent*)event
{
    CGFloat xOffset = (point.x - self.bounds.size.width / 2);
    CGFloat yOffset = (point.y - self.bounds.size.height / 2);
    CGFloat distanceSqr = xOffset * xOffset + yOffset * yOffset;
    if (distanceSqr > radius * radius)
    {
        // touch point is outside of circle
        return NO;
    }
    return YES;
}

So when you will return NO, touch will be propagated to next view, which is "below". This won't however work when your circles will overlap - only when frames, as shown on your screenshot.

Upvotes: 3

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