On iOS, is there a way to search ONLY subviews with a certain tag?

Question

Because right now, viewWithTag actually search for itself first, and then all subviews recursively down the whole subtree, for a view with that tag.

But wha

Answer 1

Take advantage of the recursive nature of -viewWithTag:

- (UIView *)viewWithTagNotCountingSelf:(NSInteger)tag
{
    UIView *toReturn = nil;

    for (UIView *subView in self.subviews) {
        toReturn = [subView viewWithTag:tag];

        if (toReturn) {
            break;
        }
    }
    return toReturn;
}

Edit: this will drill down farther than "grand-subviews": it will get any view within the hierarchy that is not self. Also this is to be implemented in a category on UIView.