Long press gesture on UICollectionViewCell

Question

I was wondering how to add a long press gesture recognizer to a (subclass of) UICollectionView. I read in the documentation that it is added by default, but I can\'t figure

Answer 1

Swift 5:

private func setupLongGestureRecognizerOnCollection() {
    let longPressedGesture = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleLongPress(gestureRecognizer:)))
    longPressedGesture.minimumPressDuration = 0.5
    longPressedGesture.delegate = self
    longPressedGesture.delaysTouchesBegan = true
    collectionView?.addGestureRecognizer(longPressedGesture)
}

@objc func handleLongPress(gestureRecognizer: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
    if (gestureRecognizer.state != .began) {
        return
    }

    let p = gestureRecognizer.location(in: collectionView)

    if let indexPath = collectionView?.indexPathForItem(at: p) {
        print("Long press at item: \(indexPath.row)")
    }
}

Also don't forget to implement UIGestureRecognizerDelegate and call setupLongGestureRecognizerOnCollection from viewDidLoad or wherever you need to call it.