UIBarButtonItem: target-action not working?

Question

I\'ve got a custom view inside of a UIBarButtonItem, set by calling -initWithCustomView. My bar button item renders fine, but when I tap it, it doe

Answer 1

I had the same problem, but was averse to using a UIButton instead of a custom view for my UIBarButtonItem (per drawnonward's response).

Alternatively, you could add a UIGestureRecognizer to the custom view before using it to initialize UIBarButtonItem; this appears to work in my project.

This is how I would modify your original code:

UIImageView *SOCImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:
                             [UIImage imageNamed:@"cancel_wide.png"]];

UITapGestureRecognizer *tapGesture = 
       [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self 
                                               action:@selector(deselectAll:)];
[SOCImageView addGestureRecognizer:tapGesture];

SOItem.leftBarButtonItem = 
       [[[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:SOCImageView] autorelease];
[tapGesture release];
[SOCImageView release];