UIScrollView only works if the child views aren't hit - cocoa-touch

Question

I have a scroll view that doesn't scroll right, I've simplified the code for below.
It draws the view and some horizontal buttons that i add more stuff to in the real code.
If you drag the whitespace between the buttons the view scrolls. If you happen to put your finger on a button, it won't scroll.
After a related suggestion, I tried to add the delaysContentTouches = YES line, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
UIScrollview with UIButtons - how to recreate springboard?
What am I doing wrong?
TIA,
Rob
Updated the code
- (void)viewDidLoad {
l = [self landscapeView];
[self.view addSubview:l];
[l release];
}
- (UIScrollView *) landscapeView {
// LANDSCAPE VIEW
UIScrollView *landscapeView = [[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 325)];
landscapeView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
landscapeView.delaysContentTouches = YES;
NSInteger iMargin, runningY, n;
iMargin = 3;
runningY = iMargin;
for (n = 1; n <= 38; n++) {
//add day labels
UIButton *templabel = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(iMargin,runningY,320 - ( 2 * iMargin),20)];
templabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
[landscapeView addSubview:templabel];
[templabel release];
runningY = runningY + 30;
}
landscapeView.contentSize = CGSizeMake( 320, runningY);
return landscapeView;
}

Answer 1

I can't duplicate your results; when I create a scrollView and add buttons, scrolling is still active even when doing a touch-down on the button. Are you setting any other UIScrollView properties, or subclassing any methods, that aren't showing up in your simplified code?

Answer 2

It looks like one thing that's going on is that the getter for landScapeView is a complicated constructor...so every time you do [self landscapeView] or self.landscapeView, you're creating a whole new UIScrollView and operating on that.
I'd try something like this in your .h file:
#interface MyClass: MyParent {
UIScrollView *landscapeView;
}
#property (retain) UIScrollView *landscapeView;
...and this in your .m file:
#implementation MyClass
#synthesize landscapeView;
(void)viewDidLoad
{ l = [[[UIScrollView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 325)] autorelease];
[self.view addSubview:self.landscapeView]; [l release];
landscapeView.backgroundColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
landscapeView.delaysContentTouches = YES;
NSInteger iMargin, runningY, n;
iMargin = 3;
runningY = iMargin;
for (n = 1; n <= 38; n++) { //add day labels
UIButton *templabel = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(iMargin,runningY,320 - ( 2 * iMargin),20)];
templabel.backgroundColor = [UIColor grayColor];
[landscapeView addSubview:templabel];
[templabel release]; runningY = runningY + 30;
}
landscapeView.contentSize = CGSizeMake( 320, runningY);
}