Question: I am trying to capture tap event on my `MKMapView`, this way I can drop a `MKPinAnnotation` on the point where user tapped. Basically I have a map overlayed with `MKOverlayViews` (an overlay showing a building) and I would like to give user more information about that Overlay when they tap on it by dropping a `MKPinAnnotaion` and showing more information in the callout.
Thank you.

Answer: 
You can use a `UIGestureRecognizer` to detect touches on the map view.

Instead of a single tap, however, I would suggest looking for a double tap (`UITapGestureRecognizer`) or a long press (`UILongPressGestureRecognizer`). A single tap might interfere with the user trying to single tap on the pin or callout itself.

In the place where you setup the map view (in `viewDidLoad` for example), attach the gesture recognizer to the map view:

```
UITapGestureRecognizer *tgr = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] 
    initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGesture:)];
tgr.numberOfTapsRequired = 2;
tgr.numberOfTouchesRequired = 1;
[mapView addGestureRecognizer:tgr];
[tgr release];

```

or to use a long press:

```
UILongPressGestureRecognizer *lpgr = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] 
    initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleGesture:)];
lpgr.minimumPressDuration = 2.0;  //user must press for 2 seconds
[mapView addGestureRecognizer:lpgr];
[lpgr release];

```

In the `handleGesture:` method:

```
- (void)handleGesture:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
    if (gestureRecognizer.state != UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded)
        return;

    CGPoint touchPoint = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:mapView];
    CLLocationCoordinate2D touchMapCoordinate = 
        [mapView convertPoint:touchPoint toCoordinateFromView:mapView];

    MKPointAnnotation *pa = [[MKPointAnnotation alloc] init];
    pa.coordinate = touchMapCoordinate;
    pa.title = @"Hello";
    [mapView addAnnotation:pa];
    [pa release];
}

```
I setup a long press (`UILongPressGestureRecognizer`) in `viewDidLoad:` but it just detect the only one touch from the first.

**Where can i setup a long press to detect all touch?** (it means the map ready everytime waiting user touch to screen to push a pin)

The `viewDidLoad:` method!

```
- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];mapView.mapType = MKMapTypeStandard;

    UILongPressGestureRecognizer *longPressGesture = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleLongPressGesture:)];
    [self.mapView addGestureRecognizer:longPressGesture];
    [longPressGesture release];

    mapAnnotations = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    MyLocation *location = [[MyLocation alloc] init];
    [mapAnnotations addObject:location];

    [self gotoLocation];
    [self.mapView addAnnotations:self.mapAnnotations];
}

```

and the `handleLongPressGesture` method:

```
-(void)handleLongPressGesture:(UIGestureRecognizer*)sender {
    // This is important if you only want to receive one tap and hold event
    if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded)
    {NSLog(@"Released!");
        [self.mapView removeGestureRecognizer:sender];
    }
    else
    {
        // Here we get the CGPoint for the touch and convert it to latitude and longitude coordinates to display on the map
        CGPoint point = [sender locationInView:self.mapView];
        CLLocationCoordinate2D locCoord = [self.mapView convertPoint:point toCoordinateFromView:self.mapView];
        // Then all you have to do is create the annotation and add it to the map
        MyLocation *dropPin = [[MyLocation alloc] init];
        dropPin.latitude = [NSNumber numberWithDouble:locCoord.latitude];
        dropPin.longitude = [NSNumber numberWithDouble:locCoord.longitude];
//        [self.mapView addAnnotation:dropPin];
        [mapAnnotations addObject:dropPin];
        [dropPin release];
        NSLog(@"Hold!!");
        NSLog(@"Count: %d", [mapAnnotations count]);
    }   
}

```