UIImageView is not Recognizing Second time Gesture - iphone

Question

I have implemented UITapGestureRecognizer on UIImageView, It is working on first tap. On First Tap, I am hiding that image and starting animation. Once the animations are completed, i am showing the image again. But After setting setHidden:FALSE, I am not getting the Tap event of that UIImageView.
Following is the code I am using :
- (void)viewDidLoad{
[super viewDidLoad];
defaultDogView= [[UIImageView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(3, 270, 110, 210)];
[defaultDogView setImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"dog1.png"]];
defaultDogView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
[self addGestureRecognizersToPiece:defaultDogView];
[self.view addSubview:defaultDogView];
}
- (void)addGestureRecognizersToPiece:(UIImageView *)piece
{
NSLog(#"in Gesture");
UITapGestureRecognizer *tapGesture = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(singleTapPiece:)];
[tapGesture setDelegate:self];
[piece addGestureRecognizer:tapGesture];
[tapGesture release];
UILongPressGestureRecognizer *longPressGesture = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(longPressPiece:)];
[piece addGestureRecognizer:longPressGesture];
[longPressGesture release];
NSLog(#"%#", [piece gestureRecognizers]);
}
- (void)singleTapPiece:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
NSLog(#"Image Tapped");
/** Hide the default Image and start the animation ***/
[defaultDogView setHidden:TRUE];
/***Animating the Dog***/
[dogArray addObject:[SpriteHelpers setupAnimatedDog:self.view numFrames:69 withFilePrefix:#"dog" withDuration:(12) ofType:#"png" withValue:0]];
dogView = [dogArray objectAtIndex:0];
//[self addGestureRecognizersToPiece:dogView];
[self performSelector:#selector(callBubbleUpdater) withObject:nil afterDelay:5.5];
}
-(void)showDogFrame{
NSLog(#"%#",[defaultDogView gestureRecognizers]);
[defaultDogView setHidden:FALSE];
defaultDogView.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
}

Answer 1

When view is hidden or its alpha component is zero that view won't receive any UIGestureRecognizers.
I can suggest to use next approach if you need to hide some view (let's name it touchableView) but want it to respond to gestures:
Create backgroundView with the same frame as touchableView:
UIView *backgroundView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:touchableView.frame];
Set background color of backgroundView to clearColor:
backgroundView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
Reset position of touchableView:
CGRect frame = touchableView.frame;
frame.origin.x = 0;
frame.origin.y = 0;
Disable user interaction of touchableView:
touchableView.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
Add touchableView as subview to backgroundView:
[backgroundView addSubview:touchableView];
Add appropriate gesture recognizers to backgroundView.
Add backgroundView to view that you want.
Now you can hide touchableView but you will still receive gesture recognizers.
I don't test this but I think it should work.

Answer 2

sure
when UIImageView is hidden. it does not receive any touch events
set alpha zero for uiimageview