Instead of always returning NO from pointInside, check to see if the point intersects any of your UIButton subviews - and return YES if it does.
- (BOOL) pointInside:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
for ( UIView* sv in self.subviews )
{
if ( CGRectContainsPoint( sv.frame, point) )
return YES;
}
return NO;
}
EDIT: alternate solution
Per your comment you'd like the user to begin scrolling the UITableView with a touch-down on one of the subview buttons. To make this work you'll need to make the UIView that contains your buttons a subview of the UITableView.
By doing this the UIView will then begin to scroll along with the UITableViewCells. To prevent this you need to adjust the frame as scrolling happens, or possibly lock it in place using constraints.
- (void) viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
// instantiate your subview containing buttons. mine is coming from a nib.
UINib* n = [UINib nibWithNibName: @"TSView" bundle: nil];
NSArray* objs = [n instantiateWithOwner: nil options: nil];
_tsv = objs.firstObject;
// add it to the tableview:
[self.tableView addSubview: _tsv];
}
// this is a UIScrollView delegate method - but UITableView IS a UIScrollView...
- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
{
[scrollView bringSubviewToFront:_tsv];
CGRect fixedFrame = _tsv.frame;
fixedFrame.origin.y = 100 + scrollView.contentOffset.y;
_tsv.frame = fixedFrame;
}