How to add Swipe Gestures to UITableView cell?

Question

I added this code in cellForRowAtIndexPath

UISwipeGestureRecognizer *gestureR = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc]
                                       


        

Answer 1

I know its been ages since you asked this. But try and read following line again in your question. [gestureR setDirection:UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight|UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight)];

Did you realise you added UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight. Twice!!

:D

Answer 2

Instead of two times alloc, it would be better if you use

UISwipeGestureRecognizer* recognizer = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSwipe:)];
[recognizer setDirection:UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft+UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight];
[cell addGestureRecognizer:recognizer];

And get the direction of swipe in the action as :

-(void)handleSwipe:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *) sender 
{
    if (sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft) 
    {
    //do something
    }
    else //if (sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight) 
    {
  //do something
     }
}

Answer 3

Try this

UISwipeGestureRecognizer* gestureR;
gestureR = [[[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSwipeFrom)] autorelease];
gestureR.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft;
[view addGestureRecognizer:gestureR];

gestureR = [[[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSwipeFrom)] autorelease];
gestureR.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight; // default
[view addGestureRecognizer:gestureR];

If you want to handle different functionalities on left and right swipes, just change the selectors.