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iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 6th Edition
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iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 6th Edition

by Christian Keur, Aaron Hillegass
December 2016
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
15h 21m
English
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For the More Curious: UIControl

The class UIControl is the superclass for several classes in Cocoa Touch, including UIButton and UISlider. You have seen how to set the targets and actions for these controls. Now we can take a closer look at how UIControl overrides the same UIResponder methods you implemented in this chapter.

In UIControl, each possible control event is associated with a constant. Buttons, for example, typically send action messages on the UIControlEvents.touchUpInside control event. A target registered for this control event will only receive its action message if the user touches the control and then lifts the finger off the screen inside the frame of the control.

For a button, however, you can have actions ...

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