Question

I need to recognize swipes in all directions (Up/Down/Left/Right). Not simultaneously, but I need to recognize them.

I tried:

  UISwipeGestureRecognizer *Swipe = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(SwipeRecognizer:)];
  Swipe.direction = (UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft | 
                     UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight |
                     UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionDown | 
                     UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp);
  [self.view addGestureRecognizer:Swipe];
  [Swipe release];

but nothing appeared on SwipeRecognizer

Here’s the code for SwipeRecognizer:

- (void) SwipeRecognizer:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)sender {
  if ( sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft )
    NSLog(@" *** SWIPE LEFT ***");
  if ( sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight )
    NSLog(@" *** SWIPE RIGHT ***");
  if ( sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionDown )
    NSLog(@" *** SWIPE DOWN ***");
  if ( sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp )
    NSLog(@" *** SWIPE UP ***");
}

How can I do this? How can assign to my Swipe object all different directions?

Answer 1

You set the direction like this

  UISwipeGestureRecognizer *Swipe = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(SwipeRecognizer:)];
  Swipe.direction = (UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft | 
                     UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight |
                     UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionDown | 
                     UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp);

That’s what the direction will be when you get the callback, so it is normal that all your tests fails. If you had

- (void) SwipeRecognizer:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)sender {
  if ( sender.direction | UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft )
    NSLog(@" *** SWIPE LEFT ***");
  if ( sender.direction | UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight )
    NSLog(@" *** SWIPE RIGHT ***");
  if ( sender.direction | UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionDown )
    NSLog(@" *** SWIPE DOWN ***");
  if ( sender.direction | UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp )
    NSLog(@" *** SWIPE UP ***");
}

The tests would succeed (but the would all succeed so you wouldn’t get any information out of them). If you want to distinguish between swipes in different directions you will need separate gesture recognizers.

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EDIT

As pointed out in the comments, see this answer. Apparently even this doesn’t work. You should create swipe with only one direction to make your life easier.