Limiting UISwipeGestureRecognizer Area

Question

I'm using a number of

UISwipeGestureRecognizer

as selectors for a menu. Since I have more than one I need to have a limited area of swipe detection. This is the code I'm using:

 var rightSwipe = UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: Selector("handleSwipe1"))



 rightSwipe.direction = .right



 view.addGestureRecognizer(rightSwipe)

I've tried adding it to a UIImageView but it won't detect touches.

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Answer 1

isUserInteractionEnabled for UIImage and UILabel is false by default. Set it to true.

As I know, you can't limit gesture area. But you can check location of gesture and decide what to do with it.

For example:

func addGesture() {
    let rightGesture = UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(someAction(sender:)))
    rightGesture.direction = .right

    let leftGesture = UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(someAction(sender:)))
    leftGesture.direction = .right

    view.addGestureRecognizer(rightGesture)
    view.addGestureRecognizer(leftGesture)
}

func someAction(sender: UISwipeGestureRecognizer) {
    let location = sender.location(in: view)
    if location.x > view.frame.width / 2 && sender.direction == .right {
        // do something
    } else if location.x < view.frame.width / 2 && sender.direction == .left {
        // do something else
    }
}

Limiting UISwipeGestureRecognizer Area

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