Is there an way to make an invisible UIButton that will still “be there” and catch touch events for my UIImageView?

Question

I thought to be clever and just put an transparent UIButton over an UIImageView with the exact frame size, so that I can wire it up easily with any event I like, for example

Answer 1

lazyImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] init];

                        button=[[UIButton alloc]init];
                        [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
                        [button addTarget:self
                                   action:@selector(aMethodForVideo:)
                         forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
                        [button setBackgroundImage:[UIImage    imageNamed:@"BackTransparent.png"] forState:UIControlStateHighlighted];
                        [button setTitle:@"" forState:UIControlStateNormal];

                                lazyImageView.frame=CGRectMake(x, y, w, h);
                                button.frame=CGRectMake(x, y, w, h);

Set frame of button and Image both have same frame .I use this code and working fine.Also set button background image forState:UIControlStateHighlighted so when you click on that when you see the click effect.