UILongPressGestureRecognizer gets called twice whe

Question

I am detecting if the user has pressed down for 2 seconds:

UILongPressGestureRecognizer *longPress = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc]
                                             initWithTarget:self 
                                             action:@selector(handleLongPress:)];
        longPress.minimumPressDuration = 2.0;
        [self addGestureRecognizer:longPress];
        [longPress release];

This is how I handle the long press:

-(void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)recognizer{
    NSLog(@"double oo");
}

The text "double oo" gets printed twice when I press down for longer than 2 seconds. Why is this? How can I fix?

Answer 1

Just try this:

Objective-C

- (void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)sender { 
    if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
        NSLog(@"Long press Ended");
    } else if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
        NSLog(@"Long press detected.");
    }
}

Swift 2.2:

func handleLongPress(sender:UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {

        if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended) {
            print("Long press Ended");
        } else if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Began) {
            print("Long press detected.");
        }
}