Capturing touches on a subview outside the frame of its superview using hitTest:withEvent:

I have modified the accepted answer’s code to be more generic – it handles the cases where the view does clip subviews to its bounds, may be hidden, and more importantly : if the subviews are complex view hierarchies, the correct subview will be returned.

- (UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {

    if (self.clipsToBounds) {
        return nil;
    }

    if (self.hidden) {
        return nil;
    }

    if (self.alpha == 0) {
        return nil;
    }

    for (UIView *subview in self.subviews.reverseObjectEnumerator) {
        CGPoint subPoint = [subview convertPoint:point fromView:self];
        UIView *result = [subview hitTest:subPoint withEvent:event];

        if (result) {
            return result;
        }
    }

    return nil;
}

SWIFT 3

override func hitTest(_ point: CGPoint, with event: UIEvent?) -> UIView? {

    if clipsToBounds || isHidden || alpha == 0 {
        return nil
    }

    for subview in subviews.reversed() {
        let subPoint = subview.convert(point, from: self)
        if let result = subview.hitTest(subPoint, with: event) {
            return result
        }
    }

    return nil
}

I hope this helps anyone trying to use this solution for more complex use cases.