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

do this:

NSMutableArray *arrSameViewTag = [NSMutableArray array];
for(UIView *subview in [yourView subviews]) //your view to find subview
{
    if(subview.tag == 123) //specific tah here
    {
        [arrSameViewTag addObject:subview]; //view found add in array
    } 
}
NSlog(@"arrSameViewTag : %@",arrSameViewTag);

To find specific like UIButton or any UIElement then like this:

NSMutableArray *arrSameViewTag = [NSMutableArray array];
for(id *subview in [yourView subviews]) //your view to find subview
{
  if([subview isKindofClass[UIButton class]) //any UIElement of specific type here
  {
    UIButton *btn = (UIButton *)subview; //same UIElement mentioned for checking it
    if(btn.tag == 123) //specific tah here
    {
        [arrSameViewTag addObject:subview]; //view found add in array
    } 
  }
}
NSlog(@"arrSameViewTag : %@",arrSameViewTag)