Add UITapGestureRecognizer to UITextView without blocking textView touches

Question

How can I add a UITapGestureRecognizer to a UITextView but still have the touches getting through to the UITextView as normal?

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Answer 1

Swift 4.2
The following steps allows me to escape a full-screen UITextView with a tap, whilst allowing to scroll the contents of the UITextView:

1. Disconnected the UIGestureRecognizer from the UITableView.
2. Made a CustomTextView: UITextView.
3. Added a 'sender' var to the particular UIViewController with the CustomTextView.
4. Trap for 'Touches Ended...'
5. Call for an excape function within the sender UIViewController.

class CustomTextView: UITextView {
    var sender: DocViewController?

    override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set, with event: UIEvent?) {
        if let controller = sender {
            controller.handleSwipeGesture()
        }
    }
}

I can either scroll the contents of the UITextView or merely tap to exit.
The 'sender' is set from the hosting UIViewController at creation.