How can I add a UITapGestureRecognizer
to a UITextView but still have the touches getting through to the UITextView
as normal?
Currently as soon as I add a custom gesture to my textView it blocks the tap for UITextView default actions like positioning the cursor.
var tapTerm:UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer()
override func viewDidLoad() {
tapTerm = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "tapTextView:")
textView.addGestureRecognizer(tapTerm)
}
func tapTextView(sender:UITapGestureRecognizer) {
println("tapped term – but blocking the tap for textView :-/")
…
}
How can I process taps but keep any textView behaviour like cursor positioning as is?
To do that make your view controller adopt to UIGestureRecognizerDelegate and override should recognize simultaneously with gesture recognizer method like:
override func viewDidLoad() {
tapTerm = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "tapTextView:")
tapTerm.delegate = self
textView.addGestureRecognizer(tapTerm)
}
func gestureRecognizer(gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer otherGestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
return true
}
In case anyone came here looking for @Zell B.'s answer in Objective C, here's the code:
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self action:@selector(textViewTapped:)];
tap.delegate = self;
tap.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
[self.textView addGestureRecognizer:tap];
}
- (void)textViewTapped:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)tap {
//DO SOMTHING
}
#pragma mark - Gesture recognizer delegate
- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer {
return YES;
}
PS: Don't forget < UIGestureRecognizerDelegate >
Swift 4.2
The following steps allows me to escape a full-screen UITextView with a tap, whilst allowing to scroll the contents of the UITextView:
- Disconnected the UIGestureRecognizer from the UITableView.
- Made a CustomTextView: UITextView.
- Added a 'sender' var to the particular UIViewController with the CustomTextView.
- Trap for 'Touches Ended...'
- Call for an excape function within the sender UIViewController.
class CustomTextView: UITextView {
var sender: DocViewController?
override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
if let controller = sender {
controller.handleSwipeGesture()
}
}
}
I can either scroll the contents of the UITextView or merely tap to exit.
The 'sender' is set from the hosting UIViewController at creation.