Is it possible to have a "touchesBegan" on a UITableViewCell?

Question

-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { touchStartTime = [event timestamp]; }

-(void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event { 
    NSTimeInterval touchTimeDuration = [event timestamp] - touchStartTime; 
}

touchStartTime is defined at class level.

Any idea why this won't recognise the touch events?

Answer 1

Personally, from my experience with the UITableView, I don't think that you can use the touch events.

You may have to look into other ways of dealing with this. For example, try using the selection as a helper?

Answer 2

Yes, this is possible to do. I setup a test project with a custom UITableViewCell subclass and defined the methods in the same way that you have, adding a log to the touchesEnded to print the touchTimeDuration. I ran it in the simulator and it seems to work for me.

How are you determining if your code is recognizing the events?