How to recognize tap gesture while a view is animating

Question

Just wondering is there way to have a view recognize tap gestures while it is being animated? I am working on a view that has a cashapelayer line tethered to it. When the user p

Answer 1

(Swift 3) Pass .allowUserInteraction option

UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.75, delay: 0.0, options: [.allowUserInteraction], animations: {
      // Desired animation(s) 
}, completion: { (finished: Bool) in
        // Completion
})

Answer 2

I'm assuming that you are using the [UIView animateWithDuration: delay: options: animations: completion:]; method of animating.

If so, you need to pass UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction as an option to get the animated view to respond to touches while it is animating.

Answer 3

You need to set two options - UIViewAnimationOptionAllowUserInteraction and UIViewAnimationOptionAllowAnimatedContent. First lets you interact with views during animation, second forces to redraw views on every frame of animation and not use snapshots of beginning and ending frames.