Add a UITapGestureRecognizer to a UIWebView

Question

In iOS, is it possible to put a tap recognizer on a UIWebView, so that when someone single-taps the web view, an action gets performed?

Code below doesn't seem fire handleTap when I tap my webView.

Thanks.

UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self 
                                                                      action:@selector(handleTap)];
tap.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;

[webView addGestureRecognizer:tap];
[tap release]; 


-(void) handleTap {
    NSLog(@"tap");
}

Answer 1

I found that I had to implement this method to get it to work:

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer
{
    return YES;
}

Answer 2

Your UIViewController subclass should implement UIGestureRecognizerDelegate and return YES from gestureRecognizer: shouldReceiveTouch: when appropriate.

Then you can assign it to the delegate property of your UIGestureRecognizer.

tap.delegate = self;

Answer 3

1. Add UIGestureRecognizerDelegate to view controller

   <UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>
   

2. Add Tap Gesture to Webview.

   UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(flip)];
   tap.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
   tap.delegate = self;
   [_webview addGestureRecognizer:tap];
   

3. - (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer    shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer {
       return YES;
   }