How do Responder Chain Works in IPhone? What are the “next responders”?

Question

This is what the documentation says:

If the first responder [to an event or action message] cannot handle an event or action message, it forwards it to th

Answer 1

The responder chain for any event is

UIView -> ViewController -> Window-> App Delegate

Run the below code for better understanding.

//
//  AppDelegate.swift
//  ResponderChain
//
//  Created by Ankit on 02/09/17.
//  Copyright © 2017 Ankit. All rights reserved.
//

import UIKit

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {

    var window: UIWindow?


    func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
        // Override point for customization after application launch.
        return true
    }

   override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set, with event: UIEvent?) {
        print("App Delegate touch began")
    }


}



//
//  ViewController.swift
//  ResponderChain
//
//  Created by Ankit on 02/09/17.
//  Copyright © 2017 Ankit. All rights reserved.
//

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }
    override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set, with event: UIEvent?) {
        print("ViewController touch Began")
        next?.touchesBegan(touches, with: event)
    }


}

extension UIWindow{
    open override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set, with event: UIEvent?) {
        print("Window Touch Began")
        next?.touchesBegan(touches, with: event)
    }
}
extension UIView{
    open override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set, with event: UIEvent?) {
        print("UIView touch Began")
        next?.touchesBegan(touches, with: event)
    }
}