How to call gesture tap on UIView programmatically in swift

Question

I have a UIView and and I have added tap gesture to it:

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: Selector(\"handleTap:\"))
tap.delegate = self         


        

Answer 1

For Swift 4:

let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handleTap(_:)))

view.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

view.isUserInteractionEnabled = true

self.view.addSubview(view)

// function which is triggered when handleTap is called
@objc func handleTap(_ sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    print("Hello World")
}

In Swift 4, you need to explicitly indicate that the triggered function is callable from Objective-C, so you need to add @objc too your handleTap function.

See @Ali Beadle 's answer here: Swift 4 add gesture: override vs @objc