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

-(void)addGesture {
UISwipeGestureRecognizer *swipeGesture = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleSwipeGesture:)];
    [self.view addGestureRecognizer:swipeGesture];
    [swipeGesture release];
}

-(void)handleSwipeGesture:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *) sender {

if (sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp) {
  //do something
 }
else if (sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionDown) {
  //do something
 }
else if (sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionLeft) {
  //do something
 }
else if (sender.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionRight) {
  //do something
 }


}

Can also use a switch instead of all the if statements