Well, I guess it is best to show what I mean:
You can clearly see that once we've touched the button and moved out of it, a consequent move-in event triggers the button state change from far away.
While this behavior is natural for all UIButtons, I couldn't google a solution to alter it.
Is there a way to reduce the hit area for this type of UIButton sensitivity? I want it reduced, because I feel that the button is large enough as it is, and it will provide a better user experience along with up/down sound effects.
UPD: The following override code for UIButton was posted in another thread:
- (BOOL)continueTrackingWithTouch:(UITouch *)touch withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
CGFloat boundsExtension = 25.0f;
CGRect outerBounds = CGRectInset(self.bounds, -1 * boundsExtension, -1 * boundsExtension);
BOOL touchOutside = !CGRectContainsPoint(outerBounds, [touch locationInView:self]);
if(touchOutside)
{
BOOL previousTouchInside = CGRectContainsPoint(outerBounds, [touch previousLocationInView:self]);
if(previousTouchInside)
{
NSLog(@"Sending UIControlEventTouchDragExit");
[self sendActionsForControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDragExit];
}
else
{
NSLog(@"Sending UIControlEventTouchDragOutside");
[self sendActionsForControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchDragOutside];
}
}
return [super continueTrackingWithTouch:touch withEvent:event];
}
It alters the hit area extension used by Drag In/Drag Out events, yet button Up/Down states switch exactly the same way as they did before.