UILabel doesn't show inputView

Question

I would use a UILabel to allow users to select a date with UIDatePicker.

To do this, I created an UILabel subclass overwriting the inputView and the inputAccessoryVi

Answer 1

I know this is an old question but this might still be useful to someone.

There is another way to solve this - there is no need to complicate things with gesture recognizers...

GTPDateLabel.h

@interface GTPDateLabel : UILabel

@property (readonly, retain) UIView *inputView;

@end

GTPDateLabel.m

#import "GTPDateLabel.h"

@implementation GTPDateLabel

@synthesize inputView = _inputView;

- (id)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
{
    self = [super initWithFrame:frame];

    if (self)
    {
        self.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
    }

    return self;
}

- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder
{
    self = [super initWithCoder:aDecoder];

    if (self)
    {
        self.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
    }

    return self;
}

-(void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    [super touchesEnded:touches withEvent:event];

    [self becomeFirstResponder];
}

- (BOOL)canBecomeFirstResponder
{
    return YES;
}

-(UIView *)inputView
{
    if (!_inputView)
    {
        UIDatePicker *datePicker = [[UIDatePicker alloc] init];

        _inputView = datePicker;
    }

    return _inputView;
}

@end

Note that you should also set the delegate and in case of custom UIPicker also dataSource...