UIGestureRecognizer on UIImageView

Question

I have a UIImageView, which I want to be able to resize and rotate etc.

Can a UIGestureRecognizer be added to the UIImageView?

Answer 1

I just done this with swift4 by adding 3 gestures together in single view

1. UIPinchGestureRecognizer : Zoom in and zoom out view.
2. UIRotationGestureRecognizer : Rotate the view.
3. UIPanGestureRecognizer : Dragging the view.

Here my sample code

class ViewController: UIViewController: UIGestureRecognizerDelegate{
      //your image view that outlet from storyboard or xibs file.
     @IBOutlet weak var imgView: UIImageView!
     // declare gesture recognizer
     var panRecognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer?
     var pinchRecognizer: UIPinchGestureRecognizer?
     var rotateRecognizer: UIRotationGestureRecognizer?

     override func viewDidLoad() {
          super.viewDidLoad()
          // Create gesture with target self(viewcontroller) and handler function.  
          self.panRecognizer = UIPanGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handlePan(recognizer:)))
          self.pinchRecognizer = UIPinchGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handlePinch(recognizer:)))
          self.rotateRecognizer = UIRotationGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handleRotate(recognizer:)))
          //delegate gesture with UIGestureRecognizerDelegate
          pinchRecognizer?.delegate = self
          rotateRecognizer?.delegate = self
          panRecognizer?.delegate = self
          // than add gesture to imgView
          self.imgView.addGestureRecognizer(panRecognizer!)
          self.imgView.addGestureRecognizer(pinchRecognizer!)
          self.imgView.addGestureRecognizer(rotateRecognizer!)
     }

     // handle UIPanGestureRecognizer 
     @objc func handlePan(recognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer) {    
          let gview = recognizer.view
          if recognizer.state == .began || recognizer.state == .changed {
               let translation = recognizer.translation(in: gview?.superview)
               gview?.center = CGPoint(x: (gview?.center.x)! + translation.x, y: (gview?.center.y)! + translation.y)
               recognizer.setTranslation(CGPoint.zero, in: gview?.superview)
          }
     }

     // handle UIPinchGestureRecognizer 
     @objc func handlePinch(recognizer: UIPinchGestureRecognizer) {
          if recognizer.state == .began || recognizer.state == .changed {
               recognizer.view?.transform = (recognizer.view?.transform.scaledBy(x: recognizer.scale, y: recognizer.scale))!
               recognizer.scale = 1.0
         }
     }   

     // handle UIRotationGestureRecognizer 
     @objc func handleRotate(recognizer: UIRotationGestureRecognizer) {
          if recognizer.state == .began || recognizer.state == .changed {
               recognizer.view?.transform = (recognizer.view?.transform.rotated(by: recognizer.rotation))!
               recognizer.rotation = 0.0
           }
     }

     // mark sure you override this function to make gestures work together 
     func gestureRecognizer(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWith otherGestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
         return true
     }

}

Any question, just type to comment. thank you