Unreal Engine 4: C++ Delegate not being called - c++

Question

I've been working on converting some blueprint logic over to C++. One of the things I have is a button. The button can be pressed in VR and has a delegate that is called to notify any registered functions that the button press occurred. Here is how the delegate is declared in the AButtonItem.h class.
#pragma once
#include "BaseItem.h"
#include "ButtonItem.generated.h"
DECLARE_DYNAMIC_MULTICAST_DELEGATE(FButtonItemPressedSignatrue);
UCLASS()
class AButtonItem : public ABaseItem
{
GENERATED_BODY()
protected:
UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, Category = Touch)
float myMaxButtonPress;
public:
UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, Category = Callback)
FButtonItemPressedSignatrue ButtonItem_OnPressed;
};
The delegate's broadcast function is then being called when the button is pressed like so:
ButtonItem_OnPressed.Broadcast();
(This function should defiantly be called because I have a debug statement that prints right before the call. Its also important to note this was all working when it was blueprint logic.)
Here is where I try to register with the delegate and how I declared the function that will be called:
WeaponMaker.h:
UFUNCTION()
void OnNextBladeButtonPressed();
WeaponMaker.cpp:
void AWeaponMaker::BeginPlay()
{
Super::BeginPlay();
TArray<USceneComponent*> weaponMakerComponents;
this->GetRootComponent()->GetChildrenComponents(true, weaponMakerComponents);
for (int componentIndex = 0; componentIndex < weaponMakerComponents.Num(); componentIndex++)
{
if (weaponMakerComponents[componentIndex]->GetName().Equals("NextBladeButton") == true)
{
myNextBladeButton = (AButtonItem*)weaponMakerComponents[componentIndex];
break;
}
}
if (myNextBladeButton != NULL)
{
myNextBladeButton->ButtonItem_OnPressed.AddDynamic(this, &AWeaponMaker::OnNextBladeButtonPressed);
}
}
I put a breakpoint and a print statement in the function OnNextBladeButtonPressed so I should immediately know when it works but its never happening. I also re-created the blueprint itself from scratch but still no luck. Sometimes on compile I get a crash due to the InvocationList being invalid but I haven't found much info on that issue either. Bottom line is, OnNextBladeButtonPressed is not getting called when it should be.
Edit: Here is where I call the broadcast function in my AButtonItem code. It seems to be getting called since i see the UE_LOG output in the console:
void AButtonItem::Tick(float deltaTime)
{
FTransform buttonWorldTransform;
FVector buttonLocalSpacePos;
FVector ownerLocalSpacePos;
FVector localDiff;
float buttonPressAmount;
if (myHasStarted == true)
{
Super::Tick(deltaTime);
if (myButtonComponent != NULL)
{
if (myPrimaryHand != NULL)
{
//Get the world space location of the button.
buttonWorldTransform = myButtonComponent->GetComponentTransform();
//Convert the location of the button and the location of the hand to local space.
buttonLocalSpacePos = buttonWorldTransform.InverseTransformPosition(myInitialOverlapPosition);
ownerLocalSpacePos = buttonWorldTransform.InverseTransformPosition(myPrimaryHand->GetControllerLocation() + (myPrimaryHand->GetControllerRotation().Vector() * myPrimaryHand->GetReachDistance()));
//Vector distance between button and hand in local space.
localDiff = ownerLocalSpacePos - buttonLocalSpacePos;
//Only interested in the z value difference.
buttonPressAmount = FMath::Clamp(FMath::Abs(localDiff.Z), 0.0f, myMaxButtonPress);
localDiff.Set(0.0f, 0.0f, buttonPressAmount);
//Set the new relative position of button based on the hand and the start button position.
myButtonComponent->SetRelativeLocation(myButtonInitialPosition - localDiff);
//UE_LOG(LogTemp, Error, TEXT("buttonPressAmount:%f"), buttonPressAmount);
if (buttonPressAmount >= myMaxButtonPress)
{
if (myHasBeenTouchedOnce == false)
{
//Fire button pressed delegate
if (ButtonItem_OnPressed.IsBound() == true)
{
ButtonItem_OnPressed.Broadcast();
AsyncTask(ENamedThreads::GameThread, [=]()
{
ButtonItem_OnPressed.Broadcast();
});
}
myHasBeenTouchedOnce = true;
myButtonComponent->SetScalarParameterValueOnMaterials("State", 1.0f);
Super::VibrateTouchingHands(EVibrationType::VE_TOUCH);
}
}
}
else
{
//Slowly reset the button position back to the initial position when not being touched.
FVector newPosition = FMath::VInterpTo(myButtonComponent->GetRelativeTransform().GetLocation(), myButtonInitialPosition, deltaTime, 10.0f);
myButtonComponent->SetRelativeLocation(newPosition);
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

First of all:
UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, Category = Callback)
FButtonItemPressedSignatrue ButtonItem_OnPressed;
This should be:
UPROPERTY(BlueprintAssignable, Category = Callback)
FButtonItemPressedSignatrue ButtonItem_OnPressed;
For convenience.
Secondly the tick function may be called before begin play is executed for a number of reasons. Your even't won't be broadcasted if the game hasn't begin play yet. So to avoid just add a check in your tick function.
if(bHasBegunPlay)
{
// .. your logics ...
}

Answer 2

Sometimes on compile I get a crash due to the InvocationList being invalid but I haven't found much info on that issue either. Bottom line is, OnNextBladeButtonPressed is not getting called when it should be.
I don't see any issue in the code from the question. At my glance, the issue could be in different location. I would suspect that AWeaponMaker had been deleted at moment of broadcasting.