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Merlin0216
Merlin0216

Reputation: 335

Swift UIGestureRecognizer is not working / is not doing anything



I have a small issue that I couldn't fix for a few hours now! I have a simple ViewController with a label, which is linked to my ViewController class. I also set up an UIGestureRecognizer to change the text of the label when the label is clicked. But weirdly nothing happens at all.

The text of the label changes from whatever is set in the Storyboard to "Hello", so the setup is correct. But when I click the label, nothing happens.

Here's the entire ViewController class:

import UIKit

class PremiumViewController: UIViewController {

    // Views
    @IBOutlet weak var premiumLabel: UILabel!
    
    // View Did Load
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        
        premiumLabel.text = "Hello"

        // Tap listener
        let tap = UIGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(PremiumViewController.clicked))
        premiumLabel.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
        premiumLabel.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
    }
    
    @objc func clicked() {
        premiumLabel.text = "You clicked me"
    }

}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 48

Answers (1)

soufianeios
soufianeios

Reputation: 456

Use UITapGestureRecognizer instead of UIGestureRecognizer

change from

let tap = UIGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(PremiumViewController.clicked))

to

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(PremiumViewController.clicked))

Upvotes: 4

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