Question

It is said that a Swipe Gesture UISwipeGestureRecognizer cannot tell the ending location of the swipe (which is kind of strange), and that we need to use UIPanGestureRecognizer instead, as described in this question: UISwipeGestureRecognizer Swipe length

But using that method, isn’t it the same if touchesBegan and touchesEnded is used instead? Is there a reason or advantage to use UIPanGestureRecognizer instead?

Answer 1

You can use either … depends on your choice. It actually depends on your requirement and what you really want to do. If you want to use UITouch you can go ahead .

Also in the link you provided there is the last answer “You can only do it a standard way: remember the touch point of touchBegin and compare the point from touchEnd.”

So touches is a lengthier method whereas using gestures makes your code look less .