In iOS, how to drag down to dismiss a modal?

Question

A common way to dismiss a modal is to swipe down - How do we allows the user to drag the modal down, if it\'s far enough, the modal\'s dismissed, otherwise it animates back

Answer 1

Massively updates the repo for Swift 4.

For Swift 3, I have created the following to present a UIViewController from right to left and dismiss it by pan gesture. I have uploaded this as a GitHub repository.

DismissOnPanGesture.swift file:

//  Created by David Seek on 11/21/16.
//  Copyright © 2016 David Seek. All rights reserved.

import UIKit

class DismissAnimator : NSObject {
}

extension DismissAnimator : UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning {
    func transitionDuration(using transitionContext: UIViewControllerContextTransitioning?) -> TimeInterval {
        return 0.6
    }

    func animateTransition(using transitionContext: UIViewControllerContextTransitioning) {

        let screenBounds = UIScreen.main.bounds
        let fromVC = transitionContext.viewController(forKey: UITransitionContextViewControllerKey.from)
        let toVC = transitionContext.viewController(forKey: UITransitionContextViewControllerKey.to)
        var x:CGFloat      = toVC!.view.bounds.origin.x - screenBounds.width
        let y:CGFloat      = toVC!.view.bounds.origin.y
        let width:CGFloat  = toVC!.view.bounds.width
        let height:CGFloat = toVC!.view.bounds.height
        var frame:CGRect   = CGRect(x: x, y: y, width: width, height: height)

        toVC?.view.alpha = 0.2

        toVC?.view.frame = frame
        let containerView = transitionContext.containerView

        containerView.insertSubview(toVC!.view, belowSubview: fromVC!.view)


        let bottomLeftCorner = CGPoint(x: screenBounds.width, y: 0)
        let finalFrame = CGRect(origin: bottomLeftCorner, size: screenBounds.size)

        UIView.animate(
            withDuration: transitionDuration(using: transitionContext),
            animations: {
                fromVC!.view.frame = finalFrame
                toVC?.view.alpha = 1

                x = toVC!.view.bounds.origin.x
                frame = CGRect(x: x, y: y, width: width, height: height)

                toVC?.view.frame = frame
            },
            completion: { _ in
                transitionContext.completeTransition(!transitionContext.transitionWasCancelled)
            }
        )
    }
}

class Interactor: UIPercentDrivenInteractiveTransition {
    var hasStarted = false
    var shouldFinish = false
}

let transition: CATransition = CATransition()

func presentVCRightToLeft(_ fromVC: UIViewController, _ toVC: UIViewController) {
    transition.duration = 0.5
    transition.type = kCATransitionPush
    transition.subtype = kCATransitionFromRight
    fromVC.view.window!.layer.add(transition, forKey: kCATransition)
    fromVC.present(toVC, animated: false, completion: nil)
}

func dismissVCLeftToRight(_ vc: UIViewController) {
    transition.duration = 0.5
    transition.timingFunction = CAMediaTimingFunction(name: kCAMediaTimingFunctionEaseInEaseOut)
    transition.type = kCATransitionPush
    transition.subtype = kCATransitionFromLeft
    vc.view.window!.layer.add(transition, forKey: nil)
    vc.dismiss(animated: false, completion: nil)
}

func instantiatePanGestureRecognizer(_ vc: UIViewController, _ selector: Selector) {
    var edgeRecognizer: UIScreenEdgePanGestureRecognizer!
    edgeRecognizer = UIScreenEdgePanGestureRecognizer(target: vc, action: selector)
    edgeRecognizer.edges = .left
    vc.view.addGestureRecognizer(edgeRecognizer)
}

func dismissVCOnPanGesture(_ vc: UIViewController, _ sender: UIScreenEdgePanGestureRecognizer, _ interactor: Interactor) {
    let percentThreshold:CGFloat = 0.3
    let translation = sender.translation(in: vc.view)
    let fingerMovement = translation.x / vc.view.bounds.width
    let rightMovement = fmaxf(Float(fingerMovement), 0.0)
    let rightMovementPercent = fminf(rightMovement, 1.0)
    let progress = CGFloat(rightMovementPercent)

    switch sender.state {
    case .began:
        interactor.hasStarted = true
        vc.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
    case .changed:
        interactor.shouldFinish = progress > percentThreshold
        interactor.update(progress)
    case .cancelled:
        interactor.hasStarted = false
        interactor.cancel()
    case .ended:
        interactor.hasStarted = false
        interactor.shouldFinish
            ? interactor.finish()
            : interactor.cancel()
    default:
        break
    }
}

Easy usage:

import UIKit

class VC1: UIViewController, UIViewControllerTransitioningDelegate {

    let interactor = Interactor()

    @IBAction func present(_ sender: Any) {
        let vc = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "VC2") as! VC2
        vc.transitioningDelegate = self
        vc.interactor = interactor

        presentVCRightToLeft(self, vc)
    }

    func animationController(forDismissed dismissed: UIViewController) -> UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning? {
        return DismissAnimator()
    }

    func interactionControllerForDismissal(using animator: UIViewControllerAnimatedTransitioning) -> UIViewControllerInteractiveTransitioning? {
        return interactor.hasStarted ? interactor : nil
    }
}

class VC2: UIViewController {

    var interactor:Interactor? = nil

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        instantiatePanGestureRecognizer(self, #selector(gesture))
    }

    @IBAction func dismiss(_ sender: Any) {
        dismissVCLeftToRight(self)
    }

    func gesture(_ sender: UIScreenEdgePanGestureRecognizer) {
        dismissVCOnPanGesture(self, sender, interactor!)
    }
}