How to get UIScrollView vertical direction in Swift?

Question

How can I get the scroll/swipe direction for up/down in a VC?

I want to add a UIScrollView or something else in my VC that can see if the user swipes/scrolls up or d

Answer 1

I made protocol to reuse Scroll Directions.

Declare these enum and protocols.

enum ScrollDirection {
    case up, left, down, right, none
}

protocol ScrollDirectionDetectable {
    associatedtype ScrollViewType: UIScrollView
    var scrollView: ScrollViewType { get }
    var scrollDirection: ScrollDirection { get set }
    var lastContentOffset: CGPoint { get set }
}

extension ScrollDirectionDetectable {
    var scrollView: ScrollViewType {
        return self.scrollView
    }
}

Usage From ViewController

// Set ScrollDirectionDetectable which has UIScrollViewDelegate
class YourViewController: UIViewController, ScrollDirectionDetectable {
    // any types that inherit UIScrollView can be ScrollViewType
    typealias ScrollViewType = UIScrollView
    var lastContentOffset: CGPoint = .zero
    var scrollDirection: ScrollDirection = .none

}
    extension YourViewController {
        func scrollViewDidScroll(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
            // Update ScrollView direction
            if self.lastContentOffset.x > scrollView.contentOffset.x {
                scrollDirection = .left
            } else if self.lastContentOffset.x > scrollView.contentOffset.x {
                scrollDirection = .right
            }

            if self.lastContentOffset.y > scrollView.contentOffset.y {
                scrollDirection = .up
            } else if self.lastContentOffset.y < scrollView.contentOffset.y {
                scrollDirection = .down
            }
            self.lastContentOffset.x = scrollView.contentOffset.x
            self.lastContentOffset.y = scrollView.contentOffset.y
        }
    }

If you want to use specific direction, just update specific contentOffset that you want.