How to enable “tap and slide” in a UISlider?

Question

What I want to get is a UISlider which lets the user not only slide when he starts on its thumbRect, but also when he taps elsewhere. When the user

Answer 1

To expand on the answer of Khang Azun- for swift 5 put the following in a UISlider custom class:

override func beginTracking(_ touch: UITouch, with event: UIEvent?) -> Bool {
    let percent = Float(touch.location(in: self).x / bounds.size.width)
    let delta = percent * (maximumValue - minimumValue)

    let newValue = minimumValue + delta
    self.setValue(newValue, animated: false)
    super.sendActions(for: UIControl.Event.valueChanged)
    return true
}