What is a UITapAndAHalfRecognizer?

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I notice that when I cycle through the gesture recognizers of a UITextView and output the description of each to the console, one of the recognizers that seemed utterly curious was the UITapAndAHalfRecognizer. I know about the others such as UITextTapRecognizer but this one really piqued my interest. Does anyone know what gestures this recognizer handles? How can you have half a tap? Is that a tap and then a press and hold?

http://iphonedevwiki.net/index.php/UIGestureRecognizer#UITapAndAHalfRecognizer — Ethan Holshouser, Aug 20 '14 at 14:30
Nice find Ethan. I know it's a "link" answer but if you want to put it as an answer instead of a comment with constructive explanation for other users that stumble upon this thread, that would be awesome. — rolling_codes, Aug 20 '14 at 14:51

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 24 '18 at 20:41

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I don't know for certain, but I suspect that it's for a tap followed closely by a press (first half of a tap).

As per Ethan Holshouser' s comment, see also: http://iphonedevwiki.net/index.php/UIGestureRecognizer#UITapAndAHalfRecognizer

edited Sep 24 '18 at 20:41

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answered Aug 25 '14 at 23:59

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I wonder why they don't make that a visible class to developers – rolling_codes Aug 26 '14 at 14:03

What is a UITapAndAHalfRecognizer?

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