UIButton is not responding when added to a UIImage

Question

I'm trying to add a button to a UIImageView with a transparent background - the button is shown ok but is not responding. (takePictureClicked is not called)

My code:

cameraController = [[UIImagePickerController alloc] init];
cameraController.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera;
cameraController.delegate = self;
cameraController.allowsEditing=YES;
cameraController.showsCameraControls = NO;
cameraController.navigationBarHidden = YES;
cameraController.toolbarHidden = YES;
// overlay on top of camera lens view
UIImageView *cameraOverlayView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"camera_overlay.png"]];
cameraOverlayView.alpha = 0.0f;
//Take picture button
UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeRoundedRect];
UIImage *btnImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"714-camera.png"];
[button setImage:btnImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[button addTarget:self action:@selector(takePictureClicked) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
button.frame = CGRectMake(cameraOverlayView.center.x-16,cameraOverlayView.frame.size.height,32,32);
[cameraOverlayView addSubview:button];
[cameraOverlayView setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];
[cameraOverlayView bringSubviewToFront:button];
cameraController.cameraOverlayView = cameraOverlayView;

Answer 1

Have you tried setting userInteractionEnabled to the UIImageView?

try with:

cameraOverlayView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;

Answer 2

Normally you create a UIView where you can add different ui elements like UIButton or UIImageView. An UIImageView is just for UIImages and not for adding any other stuff on it. Create another UIView which will hold all the elements in it.

Like this post describes, even Interface Builder doesn't allow you to add a UIButton to an UIImageView.

Answer 3

You have to able the user interaction:

[cameraOverlayView setUserInteractionEnabled:YES];

You have also the checkbox in Interface Builder if you are using it.

This is needed because for default, the UIImageView has the user interaction disabled.