UIButtons on tableFooterView not responding to events
cocoa-touch, iphone, uitableview
Solution
I do not think `UIImageView` was designed to work well as a container for other views, especially `UIButtons`. For one, `UIImageView`s, when created, have their `userInteractionsEnabled` property set to `false` by default.
I would just create a simple `UIView` as your footer view and then add both the `UIButton` and the `UIImageView` directly to it.
Problem
I've successfully added some UIButtons to a custom tableFooterView. The problem is that the button events does not get called. Also, the image relative to the UIControlStateHighlighted doesn't come up. Any ideas? I've tried all I could think of, but I can't find the trick. I'm reporting here the interesting part of the UITableViewController: ``` - (UIView *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView viewForFooterInSection: (NSInteger)section { CGRect footerFrame = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, 480, 190); _footerView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame: footerFrame]; _footerView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"tableviewfooter.png"]; _footerView.contentMode = UIViewContentModeTopLeft; UIButton *addExam = [self createButtonWithFrame: CGRectMake(10, 30, 460, 58) Target: self Selector: @selector(addNewItem:) Image: @"additem.png" ImagePressed: @"additem_pressed.png"]; [_footerView addSubview:addExam]; return _footerView; } - (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForFooterInSection: (NSInteger) section { return 190; } - (void) addNewItem:(id)sender { // This get's never called NSLog(@"Pressed"); } - (UIButton*) createButtonWithFrame: (CGRect) frame Target:(id)target Selector:(SEL)selector Image:(NSString *)image ImagePressed:(NSString *)imagePressed { UIButton *button = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:frame]; UIImage *newImage = [UIImage imageNamed: image]; [button setBackgroundImage:newImage forState:UIControlStateNormal]; UIImage *newPressedImage = [UIImage imageNamed: imagePressed]; [button setBackgroundImage:newPressedImage forState:UIControlStateHighlighted]; [button addTarget:target action:selector forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside]; return button; } ``` Thanks for your help!