Pass a NSDictionary as parameter to UITapGestureRecognizer

Question

I want to pass a NSArray as a parameter to UITapGestureRecognizer and access it in downloadOptionPressed method. How can I do this ?

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Answer 1

Sometimes with passing an index is enough, in that case the tag property view is your ally. In the following exampled I pretended to add a long press into a tableview cell. And once the event was triggered, I just wanted to know which cell was long pressed:

    let longPress = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "longPress:")
    cell.tag = indexPath.row
    cell.addGestureRecognizer(longPress)

...

func longPress(guesture: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
    print("\(guesture.view!.tag)")} }

Answer 2

You can use associated object to pass argument along with tap gesture instance.

You can check this objective-c-associated-objects

It will solve your problem.

Answer 3

Is there a reason you can't store the information in the owning view controller? Is it for abstraction?

You can always extend UITapGestureRecognizer to carry more data:

@interface UserDataTapGestureRecognizer : UITapGestureRecognizer
@property (nonatomic, strong) id userData;
@end

@implementation UserDataTapGestureRecognizer
@end

...

UserDataTapGestureRecognizer *downloadOptionPressed =
    [[UserDataTapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
    action:@selector(timeFrameLabelTapped:)];
downloadOptionPressed.userData = parameters;

...

- (void)downloadOptionPressed:(UserDataTapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer {
    NSArray *parameters = recognizer.userData;
}