I have a rather large table header view above my table view. I have a number of subviews in that header view. I am doing something a bit nonstandard where I am "sticking" some of those subviews (but not all) at the top of the table view.
My problem is that although visually the table view cells pass under the sticky table header subviews, it seems that the table view cells are "above" the table header view in terms of touch response. (For example: I have a button that is a subview of the table header view. When there are no cells underneath the button, the button works great and responds to touches. However, when the user scrolls the table view so that there are cells underneath the button, a touch on the button actually selects a hidden cell rather than push the button.) Can anyone give advice on how to "raise" the table header view above the table view cells, so that its subviews get first shot at touch handling?
I am using a table header view rather than a section header view due to the fact that I only want some of the subviews to stick (letting the others scroll up off the screen as usual). One of the subviews also can be expanded (and that expansion is animated) - to a height that is even bigger than the entire height of the screen. For these reasons, I didn't think using a section header view would be feasible. (If it is, please let me know, as I know that section header views are "above" table cells when it comes to touch response.)
You may try this, which would keep the desired header view on top of the others.
[yourView bringSubviewToFront:yourSubView];
This may be able to help as well: http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/5222-keeping-subview-front.html
Is this what you were looking for or did you want another approach?