Gesture problem: UISwipeGestureRecognizer + UISlider

Question

Got a gesture related problem. I implemented UISwipeGestureRecognizer to get swipe left and right events and that is working fine. However the problem I'm facing is that the UISlider's I have in the same view are not playing nice. The sliding motion of the sliders is being mistaken as a swipe left/right.

Any one experienced this problem before, got any ideas how to correct it?

Many thanks.

Here is the code contained within the view controller:

 - (void)viewDidLoad {

            [super viewDidLoad];

                //Setup handling of LEFT and RIGHT swipes
             UISwipeGestureRecognizer *recognizer;

                recognizer = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSwipeFrom:)];
                [recognizer setDirection:(UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight)];
                [[self view] addGestureRecognizer:recognizer];
                [recognizer release];

                recognizer = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSwipeFrom:)];
                [recognizer setDirection:(UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft)];
                [[self view] addGestureRecognizer:recognizer];
                [recognizer release];
        }

    -(void)handleSwipeFrom:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)recognizer {

      if (recognizer.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight) {
       NSLog(@"Swipe Right");
       //Do stuff
      }

      if (recognizer.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft) {
       NSLog(@"Swipe Left");
       //Do stuff
      }
    }

Lily Ballard · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-23T03:14:20.630

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The simplest way to handle this is probably to prevent the gesture recognizer from seeing touches on your slider. You can do that by setting yourself as the delegate, and then implementing

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldReceiveTouch:(UITouch *)touch {
    if ([touch.view isKindOfClass:[UISlider class]]) {
        // prevent recognizing touches on the slider
        return NO;
    }
    return YES;
}

If this doesn't work, it's possible the slider actually has subviews that receive the touch, so you could walk up the superview chain, testing each view along the way.

edited Jan 23 '11 at 03:14

answered Jan 22 '11 at 03:40

Lily Ballard

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Tested this. It works. Just had to make it check for UISlider class instead. – MrDB Jan 23 '11 at 02:43
Oops, I did say switch. I'll go fix that. – Lily Ballard Jan 23 '11 at 03:14
thank you so much for this effective and simple solution to so many gesture recognizer-related problems i have had! – thumbsup Jan 04 '12 at 12:07
**KEY POINT:** *You can do that by setting yourself as the delegate, and then implementing* - this would be something like `[panRecognizer setDelegate:self]` - NOT the UISlider (depending on your naming & class setup, etc). Also, awesome answer. – toblerpwn Aug 24 '12 at 18:30
Incomplete answer that also is buggy. Do not use. – Alex Kornhauser Dec 04 '18 at 07:09
@AlexKornhauser Please elaborate. – Lily Ballard Dec 05 '18 at 20:07
Does not specify how to use the delegate. – Alex Kornhauser Dec 06 '18 at 03:27
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@AlexKornhauser "How do I use a gesture recognizer delegate?" is not the point of this question. That's something that's answered by the documentation. Please do not declare answers to be "buggy" because they assume you already know the basics that the official documentation explains. – Lily Ballard Dec 11 '18 at 00:36

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 11 '19 at 13:04

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Swift 4.0 version. Don't forget the UIGestureRecognizerDelegate.

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

    if let touchedView = touch.view, touchedView.isKind(of: UISlider.self) {
        return false
    }

    return true
}

edited Jan 11 '19 at 13:04

Kevin van Mierlo

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answered Jan 09 '19 at 13:40

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 05 '18 at 20:07

I ended up getting this working just before Lily responded above. Here is the code I used, but Lily's looks cleaner (haven't tested Lily's thou):

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldReceiveTouch:(UITouch *)touch {
    BOOL AllowSwipes = YES;

        CGPoint point1 = [touch locationInView:_sliderLeft];
        CGPoint point2 = [touch locationInView:_sliderRight];

        //Left slider test
        if ([_sliderLeft hitTest:point1 withEvent:nil] != nil) {
            AllowSwipes = NO;
            NSLog(@"On Left Slider");
        }

        //Right slider test
        if ([_sliderRight hitTest:point2 withEvent:nil] != nil) {
            AllowSwipes = NO;
            NSLog(@"On Right Slider");
        }
    }
    return AllowSwipes;
}

Gesture problem: UISwipeGestureRecognizer + UISlider

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