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

Swift 4 version that works in both portrait and landscape - no swapping of x, y required.

class TapBehindModalViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
private var tapOutsideRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer!

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    if (self.tapOutsideRecognizer == nil) {
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handleTapBehind))
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = false
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.delegate = self
        self.view.window?.addGestureRecognizer(self.tapOutsideRecognizer)
    }
}

override func viewWillDisappear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

    if(self.tapOutsideRecognizer != nil) {
        self.view.window?.removeGestureRecognizer(self.tapOutsideRecognizer)
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer = nil
    }
}

func close(sender: AnyObject) {
    self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

// MARK: - Gesture methods to dismiss this with tap outside
@objc func handleTapBehind(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.ended) {
        let location: CGPoint = sender.location(in: self.view)

        if (!self.view.point(inside: location, with: nil)) {
            self.view.window?.removeGestureRecognizer(sender)
            self.close(sender: sender)
        }
    }
}

func gestureRecognizer(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWith otherGestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
    return true
}

}