Can you attach a UIGestureRecognizer to multiple v

Question

UITapGestureRecognizer *tapGesture = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(tapTapTap:)];
[self.view1 addGestureRecognizer:tapGesture];
[self.view2 addGestureRecognizer:tapGesture];
[tapGesture release];

In the above code only taps on view2 are recognized. If I comment out the third line then taps on view1 are recognized. If I'm right and you can only use a gesture recognizer once, I'm not sure if this is a bug or it just needs some more documentation.

Answer 1

Well if someone does not want to code for adding gesture view for multiple buttons like kwalker has answered above, and want to do it via Interface Builder this may help you.

1) You can add Long Press gesture Recognizer from Object Library like you add other objects like UIButtons and UILabels.

Initially what I ended up using was I took only one

2) Set referencing outlets to UIButton and sent actions with File's Owner.

Note: If you have multiple UIButton or any other object you will need separate gesture recognizer for each of them. For more details please refer to this question of mine.Getting wrong UIButton tag on Long press gesture recognizer

Answer 2

if you have fixed view I suggest you doing something like this

[self.view1 addGestureRecognizer:[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(tapTapTap:)]];
[self.view2 addGestureRecognizer:[[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(tapTapTap:)]];

that way will reduce multiple different useless variable

Answer 3

A UIGestureRecognizer is to be used with a single view. I agree the documentation is spotty. That UIGestureRecognizer has a single view property gives it away:

view

The view the gesture recognizer is attached to. (read-only)

@property(nonatomic, readonly) UIView *view

Discussion You attach (or add) a gesture recognizer to a UIView object using the addGestureRecognizer: method.

Answer 4

We can do something Like this, it's easy and simple

1) create function as below in your controller (this function will return GestureRecognizer)

-(UITapGestureRecognizer*)setRecognizer{
     UITapGestureRecognizer *gestureRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(openProfile)];
     [gestureRecognizer setNumberOfTapsRequired:1];
     return gestureRecognizer;
}

2) now set this recognizer in multiple views

[self.view1 addGestureRecognizer:[self setRecognizer]]; 
[self.view2 addGestureRecognizer:[self setRecognizer]];

Answer 5

For Swift 3 in case anyone requires this: Based on Bhavik Rathod Answer above.

 func setGestureRecognizer() -> UIPanGestureRecognizer {

        var panRecognizer = UIPanGestureRecognizer()

        panRecognizer = UIPanGestureRecognizer (target: self, action: #selector(pan(panGesture:)))
        panRecognizer.minimumNumberOfTouches = 1
        panRecognizer.maximumNumberOfTouches = 1
        return panRecognizer
    }

        ///set the recognize in multiple views
        view1.addGestureRecognizer(setGestureRecognizer())
        view2.addGestureRecognizer(setGestureRecognizer())

Answer 6

I got around it by using the below.

for (UIButton *aButton in myButtons) {

            UILongPressGestureRecognizer *longPress = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleLongPress:)];
            longPress.minimumPressDuration=1.0;
            [aButton addGestureRecognizer:longPress];
            [longPress release];

}

Then in my handleLongPress method I just set a UIButton equal to the view of the gesture recognizer and branch what I do based upon that button

- (void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)gesture {
    if ( gesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded ) {
        UIButton *whichButton=(UIButton *)[gesture view];
        selectedButton=(UIButton *)[gesture view];
    ....
}