iphone - How to use UITableView inside UIScrollView and receive a cell click?

Question

I have DiscountListTableViewController that is shown as a separate screen in my app. But there's another screen (PlaceDetailsViewController) where I need to show related discounts at the bottom.

Currently, PlaceDetailsViewController.view has UIScrollView as a container and I'm adding DiscountListTableViewController.tableView to the this UIScrollView.content container in viewDidLoad of PlaceDetailsViewController. This works and the table view is shown correctly, however unable to receive cell clicks.

I know UITableView inherits from UIScrollView and it's somehow not advised (but not restricted). However, from loose coupling point of view, every component should be designed in a way it could be independently used elsewhere, and it's DiscountListTableViewController in my case.

PlaceDetailsViewController component just needs DiscountListTableViewController as-is, so there's no logic reason why it can't be used directly. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Answer : Don't do this.

UITableview is inherited from ----> UIScrollView : UIView : UIResponder : NSObject

Apple says :

Important: You should not embed UIWebView or UITableView objects in UIScrollView objects. If you do so, unexpected behavior can result because touch events for the two objects can be mixed up and wrongly handled.