objective c mkmapview in UITapGestureRecognizer how can I test if they tapped on an annotation

Question

I allow users to tap anywhere on the screen and I also allow them to tap on annotations to display text related to the annotation.

To allow them to tap anywhere on the screen I have setup a tapgesturerecoginzer.

The problem is that when they tap on an annotation, the tapgesturerecognizer event happens before the didSelectAnnotationView, and so I perform the tapgesturerecognizer when I do not want to.

Can I somehow test, in the tapgesturerecognizer, if they have tapped on an annotation ?

Answer 1

Solution :

In my header (.h) I added the delegate:

@interface myVC : UIViewController <UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>

In .m :

UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(tap:)];
[self.mapView addGestureRecognizer:tap];
tap.delegate = self;

Note the delegate statement that Nirav said needed to be added

then I added Nirav's code but changed the IF statement :

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldReceiveTouch:(UITouch *)touch
{
  if (([touch.view isKindOfClass:[MKPinAnnotationView class]]) || ([touch.view isKindOfClass:[MKAnnotationView class]]))
  {
    return NO;
  }
  return YES;
}