Add tap gesture to UIStackView

Question

Im attempting to add a UITapGesture to a UIStackView within a collectionView cell but each time I do my app crashes. (All IBOutlets are connected) This there something I'm doing wrong here?

 let fGuesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.showF(_:)))
 cell.fstackView.addGestureRecognizer(fGuesture)

 func showF(sender: AnyObject){
        print(111)
    }

If you are using Swift 4, you need @objc on showF. Also, showF should include a _ for the parameter. — Jeff Muir, Jan 16 '18 at 03:13

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 26 '18 at 07:36

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Is the stackview enabled for touch ? Try to set Userinteraction Parameter

cell.fstackView.isUserInteractionEnabled = true

edited Sep 26 '18 at 07:36

Virajkumar Patel

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answered Dec 24 '16 at 18:38

Fadi

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '18 at 05:52

If the app is crashing due to fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value - you may need to add some delay before adding the gesture recognizer to the stack view.

If you are accessing the stack view property in the collection view cell subclass's init or in the collection view's delegate methods, the stack view may not have been initialized yet. Try using a timer or GCD to add a 0.1 second delay and it should work fine...

Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 0.1, target: self, selector: #selector(prepareStackView), userInfo: nil, repeats: false)

...

@objc func prepareStackView() {
    let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(stackViewTapped))
    myStackView.addGestureRecognizer(tap)
}

I would recommend against timing solutions. They are brittle and can break for a number of reasons (newer devices run faster and break timing, new OS versions change the order things, etc). In this case I would recommend using a lifecycle event such as awakeFromNib. — raf, May 13 '20 at 13:55

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 07 '21 at 23:44

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Set the gesture recognizer in the main thread:

DispatchQueue.main.async {
    self.view.gestureRecognizers = [self.tapGestureRecognizer]
}

answered Jan 07 '21 at 23:44

Allan

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 12 '21 at 04:22

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I had UIButtons as subviews, so even if I added gesture to UIStackView, it ignored my gesture.

So I added the code

button.isUserInteractionEnabled = false

to make UIStackView receive my touch.

answered May 12 '21 at 04:22

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Add tap gesture to UIStackView

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