UIView touch event in controller

Question

How can I add UIView touchbegin action or touchend action programmatically as Xcode is not providing from Main.storyboard?

Answer 1

Create outlets from views that were created in StoryBoard.

@IBOutlet weak var redView: UIView!
@IBOutlet weak var orangeView: UIView!
@IBOutlet weak var greenView: UIView!   

Override the touchesBegan method. There are 2 options, everyone can determine which one is better for him.

1. Detect touch in special view.

   override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set, with event: UIEvent?) {
        if let touch = touches.first {
           if touch.view == self.redView {
               tapOnredViewTapped()
           } else if touch.view == self.orangeView {
               orangeViewTapped()
           } else if touch.view == self.greenView {
               greenViewTapped()
           } else {
               return
           }
       }
   
   }
   

2. Detect touch point on special view.

   override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set, with event: UIEvent?) {
       if let touch = touches.first {
           let location = touch.location(in: view)
           if redView.frame.contains(location) {
               redViewTapped()
           } else if orangeView.frame.contains(location) {
               orangeViewTapped()
           } else if greenView.frame.contains(location) {
               greenViewTapped()
           }
       }
   
   }
   

Lastly, you need to declare the functions that will be called, depending on which view the user clicked.

func redViewTapped() {
    print("redViewTapped")
}

func orangeViewTapped() {
    print("orangeViewTapped")
}

func greenViewTapped() {
    print("greenViewTapped")
}