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

Try the following swift code (tested in Xcode 6.3.1):

    import UIKit

    class KEUITapGesture150427 : UIViewController {
      var _myTap: UITapGestureRecognizer?
      var _myView: UIView?

      override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        view.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor();

        _myTap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self
, action: Selector("_myHandleTap:"))
        _myTap!.numberOfTapsRequired = 1

        _myView = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(100, 200, 100, 100))
        _myView!.backgroundColor=UIColor.blueColor()
        _myView!.layer.cornerRadius = 20
        _myView!.layer.borderWidth = 1
        _myView!.addGestureRecognizer(_myTap!)
        view.addSubview(_myView!)
      }

      func _myHandleTap(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
        if sender.state == .Ended {
          println("_myHandleTap(sender.state == .Ended)")
          sender.view!.backgroundColor
          = UIColor(red: CGFloat(drand48()), green: CGFloat(drand48()), blue: CGFloat(drand48()), alpha: 1.0);
        }
      }
    }

Note that your target could be any subclass of UIResponder, see (tested in Xcode 6.3.1):

    import UIKit

    class MyTapTarget  : UIResponder {
      func _myHandleTap2(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
        if sender.state == .Ended {
          println("_myHandleTap2(sender.state == .Ended)")
          sender.view!.backgroundColor
            = UIColor(red: CGFloat(drand48()), green: CGFloat(drand48()), blue: CGFloat(drand48()), alpha: 1.0);
        }
      }
    }

    class KEUITapGesture150427b : UIViewController {
      var _myTap: UITapGestureRecognizer?
      var _myView: UIView?
      var _myTapTarget: MyTapTarget?

      override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        view.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor();

        _myTapTarget = MyTapTarget()
        _myTap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: _myTapTarget!
, action: Selector("_myHandleTap2:"))
        _myTap!.numberOfTapsRequired = 1

        _myView = UIView(frame: CGRectMake(100, 200, 100, 100))
        _myView!.backgroundColor=UIColor.blueColor()
        _myView!.layer.cornerRadius = 20
        _myView!.layer.borderWidth = 1
        _myView!.addGestureRecognizer(_myTap!)
        view.addSubview(_myView!)
      }
    }

Answer 2

Just a note - Don't forget to enabled interaction on the view:

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleTap))

view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

// view.userInteractionEnabled = true

self.view.addSubview(view)

Answer 3

STEP : 1

@IBOutlet var viewTap: UIView!

STEP : 2

var tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer()

STEP : 3

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    // TAP Gesture
    tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(ViewController.myviewTapped(_:)))
    tapGesture.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
    tapGesture.numberOfTouchesRequired = 1
    viewTap.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)
    viewTap.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
}

STEP : 4

func myviewTapped(_ sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {

    if self.viewTap.backgroundColor == UIColor.yellow {
        self.viewTap.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
    }else{
        self.viewTap.backgroundColor = UIColor.yellow
    }
}

OUTPUT

Answer 4

Implementing tap gesture

let tap: UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "touchHappen") 
view.userInteractionEnabled = true
view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

Calls this function when the tap is recognized.

func touchHappen() {
    //Causes the view (or one of its embedded text fields) to resign the first responder status.
    self.view.endEditing(true)
}

Update for For Swift 3 +

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.touchHappen(_:)))
yourView.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
yourView.userInteractionEnabled = true

func touchHappen(_ sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    print("Hello Dear you are here")
}

Answer 5

xCode 9.3, Swift 4.0

class BaseVC: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate { 

      @IBOutlet weak var iView: UIView!

      override func viewDidLoad() {
          super.viewDidLoad()
          let clickUITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.onSelect(_:)))
          clickUITapGestureRecognizer.delegate = self
          iView?.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
      }

      func gestureRecognizer(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldReceive touch: UITouch) -> Bool {
          return true
      }


     @IBAction func onSelect(_ sender: Any) {

     }
}