How to detect swiping left / right on the iPhone?

Question

Is there any easy way to detect these kinds of gestures for iPhone? I can use touchesBegan, touchesMoved, touchesEnded. But how can I implement the gestures? thz u.

Answer 1

If you're willing to target iPhone OS 3.2 or later (all iPads or updated iPhones), use the UISwipeGestureRecognizer object. It will do this trivially, which is wickedly cool.