How can you add a UIGestureRecognizer to a UIBarButtonItem as in the common undo/redo UIPopoverController scheme on iPad apps?

Question

Problem

In my iPad app, I cannot attach a popover to a button bar item only after press-and-hold events. But this seems to be standard for

Answer 1

You also can simply do this...

let longPress = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "longPress:")
navigationController?.toolbar.addGestureRecognizer(longPress)

func longPress(sender: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
let location = sender.locationInView(navigationController?.toolbar)
println(location)
}