Detect horizontal panning in UITableView

Question

I\'m using a UIPanGestureRecognizer to recognize horizontal sliding in a UITableView (on a cell to be precise, though it is added to the table itself). However, this gesture rec

Answer 1

My answer is the same as Florian Mielke's, but I've simplified and corrected it some.

How to use:

Simply give your UIPanGestureRecognizer a delegate (UIGestureRecognizerDelegate). For example:

UIPanGestureRecognizer *panner = [[UIPanGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(panDetected:)];
panner.delegate = self;
[self addGestureRecognizer:panner];

Then have that delegate implement the following method:

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
    CGPoint translation = [(UIPanGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer translationInView:gestureRecognizer.view.superview];
    return fabsf(translation.x) > fabsf(translation.y);
}