How do I detect when someone shakes an iPhone?

Question

I want to react when somebody shakes the iPhone. I don\'t particularly care how they shake it, just that it was waved vigorously about for a split second. Does anyone know h

Answer 1

In iOS 8.3 (perhaps earlier) with Swift, it's as simple as overriding the motionBegan or motionEnded methods in your view controller:

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    override func motionBegan(motion: UIEventSubtype, withEvent event: UIEvent) {
        println("started shaking!")
    }

    override func motionEnded(motion: UIEventSubtype, withEvent event: UIEvent) {
        println("ended shaking!")
    }
}