Programmatically Created Swipe Event

Question

I would like to know how can I send a swipe gesture programmatically without actually swiping the phone. For instance, I have button that in the onClick event I would call swipeGestureRecognizer? Is this possible?

Answer 1

You can call the method you are calling on Swipe, when user taps on button. For examaple, you have a method for swipe gesture, call it onSwipe . Now call onSwipe methos when user taps on the button. Thats it

EDIT

Here is the code for you:

-(void)myMethod{
 //Write the logic you want to implement for swipe gesture here.
}

-(IBAction)onClick(UIButton *)sender{
 [self myMethod];

}
-(IBAction)onSwipe:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)recognizer{
 [self myMethod];
}

There might be bugs on the code as I am just typing the code using windows. Correct it for yourself in MAC & edit the answer too. it would definitely work for you

Answer 2

If you need to pass the gesture event to the handler, then

    UISwipeGestureRecognizer *gesture = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] init];
    gesture.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft;
    [self handleSwipe:gesture];