ios - How to make UITableView Header selectable?

Question

I have made a custom section-header for UITableView, that includes some controls like segmented control, UIImageView ,etc. It successfully appears, but it's not tappable so I can't interact with its controls.

I need to know how can I make this header view selectable?

Answer 1

There is no way to do it with the UITableViewDelegate.

You have to add a UITapGestureRecognizer to yourHeaderView Like:

UITapGestureRecognizer *singleTapRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(gestureHandler:)];
[singleTapRecognizer setDelegate:self];
singleTapRecognizer.numberOfTouchesRequired = 1;
singleTapRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;   
[yourHeaderView addGestureRecognizer:singleTapRecognizer];


-(void) handleGesture:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer; //do in this method whatever you want

FOR Swift 3.0

let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(YOURVIEWCONTROLLER.TapGestureRecognizer(_:)))
yourHeaderView.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

func TapGestureRecognizer(gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) {
    //do your stuff here 
}

Swift >= 4.0

Add UIGestureRecognizerDelegate class reference inherited

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action:#selector(self.handleTap(_:)))
tap.delegate = self
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

  @objc func handleTap(_ sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
        //Do your work 
    }

may be it will help.

Happy Coding.