Detect Tap in WebView

[linkmx]

Hi, I'm working on an ebook reader and I'm using an UIWebView to display the different pages in html format. I have a toolbar a the bottom that has buttons to go to the next and previous pages and a navigation bar at the top that displays the title. The problem I have is that I want to be able to hide/show those bars when I tap on the screen, but I don't know how to detect taps on the webview. I tried the method described at the end of this page but it's not working. Can anyone help please?

[linkmx]

Ok, I have the following code working:

-(UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {		
	NSSet *touches = [event allTouches];
	BOOL forwardToSuper = YES;
	NSLog(@"hit");	
	NSLog(@"Touches count: %d", [touches count]);
	for (UITouch *touch in touches) {		
		if ([touch tapCount] == 1) {						
			forwardToSuper = NO;
		}		
	}
	
	if (forwardToSuper){
		//return self.superview;
		return [super hitTest:point withEvent:event];
	}
	else {
		// Return the superview as the hit and prevent
		// UIWebView receiving double or more taps
		return self.superview;
	}
}

But for some reason, it doesn't detect taps, the touches count is zero. Does anyone knows how to detect taps or how to know if the webview is scrolling?

[anuragphadke]

I am facing the same problem.... did u get this to work?

[linkmx]

Originally Posted by anuragphadke

I am facing the same problem.... did u get this to work?

No

[Enoch]

Have you tried putting a transparent UIView on top of your WebView and handling your touches there? Pass the info along to the webview, etc.