iPhone: Detecting Tap in MKMapView

Question

How do I detect a single tap on an instance of MKMapView? Do I have to subclass MKMapView and then override the touchesEnded method?

Answer 1

Just add some code snippet as illustration of @tt-kilew answer. In my case, I want to point the user to itself on the map but do not want to interrupt his drag touch.

@interface PrettyViewController () 

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet MKMapView *mapView;
@property (assign, nonatomic) BOOL userTouchTheMap;

@end

@implementation PrettyViewController

#pragma mark - UIResponder

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

    self.userTouchTheMap = [[touches anyObject].view isEqual:self.mapView];
}


#pragma mark - MKMapViewDelegate

- (void)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView didUpdateUserLocation:(MKUserLocation *)userLocation {
    //We just positioning to user
    if (!self.userTouchTheMap) {
        CLLocationDistance radius = 5000;
        [self.mapView setRegion:MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(userLocation.location.coordinate, 2*radius, 2*radius) animated:YES];
    }
}

@end