Redirecting tap behavior to another layer in a UICollectionViewCell

Question

I am trying to figure out how to change the view in a UICollectionViewCell that triggers the UICollectionView's didSelectCellAtIndexPath. I want to have a top layer that can be tapped to activate, or panned to reveal a lower layer of buttons.

I can add a view on top, and achieve the pan to reveal gesture, but I have to tap the underlying view to trigger didSelect.

Also, I am not using xib's or storyboards, this is all in code.

Any Ideas?

take a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15681765/how-to-pass-gestures-from-uitextview-to-uicollectionviewcell — peko, Apr 23 '13 at 16:04

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '13 at 17:52

Thanks to @peko, I figured it out.

- (void)selectCell {
    UICollectionView *collectionView = (UICollectionView *)self.superview;
    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [collectionView indexPathForCell:self];
    [collectionView.delegate collectionView:collectionView didSelectItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
}

This allows me to simulate selection of the cell from within the view controller.

Redirecting tap behavior to another layer in a UICollectionViewCell

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