Dismiss modal view form sheet controller on outside tap

Question

I am presenting a modal view controller as a form sheet and dismissing it when the cancel button, which is a bar button item, is clicked. I need to dismiss it when I tap on

Answer 1

As far as I can tell none of the answer seem to be working right away in every condition.

My solution (either inherit from it or paste it in):

@interface MyViewController () 

@property (strong, nonatomic) UITapGestureRecognizer *tapOutsideRecognizer;

@end

-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
    if (!self.tapOutsideRecognizer) {
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleTapBehind:)];
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = NO;
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.delegate = self;
        [self.view.window addGestureRecognizer:self.tapOutsideRecognizer];
    }
}

-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
    // to avoid nasty crashes
    if (self.tapOutsideRecognizer) {
        [self.view.window removeGestureRecognizer:self.tapOutsideRecognizer];
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer = nil;
    }
}

#pragma mark - Actions 

- (IBAction)close:(id)sender
{
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

- (void)handleTapBehind:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)sender
{
    if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded)
    {
        CGPoint location = [sender locationInView:nil]; //Passing nil gives us coordinates in the window

        //Then we convert the tap's location into the local view's coordinate system, and test to see if it's in or outside. If outside, dismiss the view.

        if (![self.view pointInside:[self.view convertPoint:location fromView:self.view.window] withEvent:nil])
        {
            // Remove the recognizer first so it's view.window is valid.
            [self.view.window removeGestureRecognizer:sender];
            [self close:sender];
        }
    }
}

#pragma mark - Gesture Recognizer
// because of iOS8
- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer{
    return YES;
}