UIImageView and UIScrollView zooming

Question

Do I actually need a UIPinchGestureRecognizer inside a UIScrollView to have the pinch working? If yes how do I do it? I am trying to implement what flipboard has, where it b

Answer 1

I guess this answer may be unnecessary but I have had similar problems as @adit and solved it in a very simple way (I think) and maybe someone with similar challenges can use it:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];

    self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor yellowColor];

    UIImage *imageToLoad = [UIImage imageNamed:@"background_green"];

    self.myImageView = [[UIImageView alloc]initWithImage:imageToLoad];
    self.myScrollView = [[UIScrollView alloc]initWithFrame:self.view.bounds];
    [self.myScrollView addSubview:self.myImageView];
    self.myScrollView.contentSize = self.myImageView.bounds.size;
    self.myScrollView.indicatorStyle = UIScrollViewIndicatorStyleWhite;
    self.myScrollView.minimumZoomScale = 0.3f;
    self.myScrollView.maximumZoomScale = 3.0f;
    self.myScrollView.delegate = self;
    [self.view addSubview:self.myScrollView];
}

- (UIView *) viewForZoomingInScrollView:(UIScrollView *)scrollView {
    NSLog(@"viewForZoomingInScrollView");
    return self.myImageView;
} 

My problem was a very simple I had forgot to add self.myScrollView.delegate = self;, which was the reason why i had problems. It took me forever to figure that simple problem out, i guess I did not see the forrest for all the trees :-)