Detect when UIGestureRecognizer is up, down, left and right Cocos2d

Question

I have a CCSprite that I want to move around using gestures. Problem is I\'m completely new to Cocos2D. I want my sprite to perform one action when the gesture is up, anothe

Answer 1

Add one UISwipeGestureRecognizer for each axe (horizontal and vertical):

UISwipeGestureRecognizer *horizontalSwipe = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(action)];
[horizontalSwipe setDirection:(UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight |
                           UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft )];

[self.view addGestureRecognizer:horizontalSwipe];

UISwipeGestureRecognizer *verticalSwipe = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(action)];
[verticalSwipe setDirection:(UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp |
                     UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionDown )];

[self.view addGestureRecognizer:verticalSwipe];