How to call gesture tap on UIView programmatically in swift

Question

I have a UIView and and I have added tap gesture to it:

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: Selector(\"handleTap:\"))
tap.delegate = self         


        

Answer 1

Complete answer for Swift 4

Step 1: create an outlet for the view

@IBOutlet weak var rightViewOutlet: UIView!

Step 2: define a tap gesture

var tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer()

Step 3: create ObjC function (called when view tapped)

@objc func rightViewTapped(_ recognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) {
    print("Right button is tapped")
}

Step 4: add the following within viewDidLoad()

let rightTap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(ViewController.rightViewTapped(_:)))
    rightViewOutlet.addGestureRecognizer(rightTap)