Turns out this was a bug in Cocos2d-x:
see this:
https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/pull/5641
Solution:
change in CCTouchDispatcher.cpp this:
void CCTouchDispatcher::addStandardDelegate(CCTouchDelegate *pDelegate, int nPriority)
{
CCTouchHandler *pHandler = CCStandardTouchHandler::handlerWithDelegate(pDelegate, nPriority);
if (! m_bLocked)
{
forceAddHandler(pHandler, m_pStandardHandlers);
}
else
{
/* If pHandler is contained in m_pHandlersToRemove, if so remove it from m_pHandlersToRemove and return.
* Refer issue #752(cocos2d-x)
*/
if (ccCArrayContainsValue(m_pHandlersToRemove, pDelegate))
{
ccCArrayRemoveValue(m_pHandlersToRemove, pDelegate);
return;
}
m_pHandlersToAdd->addObject(pHandler);
m_bToAdd = true;
}
}
and
void CCTouchDispatcher::addTargetedDelegate(CCTouchDelegate *pDelegate, int nPriority, bool bSwallowsTouches)
{
CCTouchHandler *pHandler = CCTargetedTouchHandler::handlerWithDelegate(pDelegate, nPriority, bSwallowsTouches);
if (! m_bLocked)
{
forceAddHandler(pHandler, m_pTargetedHandlers);
}
else
{
/* If pHandler is contained in m_pHandlersToRemove, if so remove it from m_pHandlersToRemove and return.
* Refer issue #752(cocos2d-x)
*/
if (ccCArrayContainsValue(m_pHandlersToRemove, pDelegate))
{
ccCArrayRemoveValue(m_pHandlersToRemove, pDelegate);
return;
}
m_pHandlersToAdd->addObject(pHandler);
m_bToAdd = true;
}
}
to this:
void CCTouchDispatcher::addStandardDelegate(CCTouchDelegate *pDelegate, int nPriority)
{
CCTouchHandler *pHandler = CCStandardTouchHandler::handlerWithDelegate(pDelegate, nPriority);
if (! m_bLocked)
{
forceAddHandler(pHandler, m_pStandardHandlers);
}
else
{
/* If pHandler is contained in m_pHandlersToRemove, if so remove it from m_pHandlersToRemove and return.
* Refer issue #752(cocos2d-x)
*/
if (ccCArrayContainsValue(m_pHandlersToRemove, pDelegate))
{
CCTouchHandler *pOldHandler = findHandler(pDelegate);
if (pOldHandler && pOldHandler->getPriority() == nPriority)
{
ccCArrayRemoveValue(m_pHandlersToRemove, pDelegate);
return;
}
}
m_pHandlersToAdd->addObject(pHandler);
m_bToAdd = true;
}
}
and
void CCTouchDispatcher::addTargetedDelegate(CCTouchDelegate *pDelegate, int nPriority, bool bSwallowsTouches)
{
CCTouchHandler *pHandler = CCTargetedTouchHandler::handlerWithDelegate(pDelegate, nPriority, bSwallowsTouches);
if (! m_bLocked)
{
forceAddHandler(pHandler, m_pTargetedHandlers);
}
else
{
/* If pHandler is contained in m_pHandlersToRemove, if so remove it from m_pHandlersToRemove and return.
* Refer issue #752(cocos2d-x)
*/
if (ccCArrayContainsValue(m_pHandlersToRemove, pDelegate))
{
CCTouchHandler *pOldHandler = findHandler(pDelegate);
if (pOldHandler && pOldHandler->getPriority() == nPriority)
{
ccCArrayRemoveValue(m_pHandlersToRemove, pDelegate);
return;
}
}
m_pHandlersToAdd->addObject(pHandler);
m_bToAdd = true;
}
}