Swipe gesture in Swift 3

Question

Im trying to get a UISwipeGestureRecognizer to work in Swift 3, the default swipe right is working correctly though not up down or left.

I have tried it by control d

Answer 1

Swift 4, Xcode 9.2 This code will enable you to Recognize the Swipe Direction of the user on the whole ViewController (All of the iPhone screen, not specific to a button) Thanks @Ram-madhavan

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    //Label to show test and see Gesture direction. 

    @IBOutlet weak var swipeDirectionLabel: UILabel!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
      //Defining the Various Swipe directions (left, right, up, down)  
        let swipeLeft = UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handleGesture(gesture:)))
        swipeLeft.direction = .left
        self.view.addGestureRecognizer(swipeLeft)

        let swipeRight = UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handleGesture(gesture:)))
        swipeRight.direction = .right
        self.view.addGestureRecognizer(swipeRight)

        let swipeUp = UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handleGesture(gesture:)))
        swipeUp.direction = .up
        self.view.addGestureRecognizer(swipeUp)

        let swipeDown = UISwipeGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handleGesture(gesture:)))
        swipeDown.direction = .down
        self.view.addGestureRecognizer(swipeDown) 
    }

    //Function to Print to console Swipe Direction, and Change the label to show the directions. The @objc before func is a must, since we are using #selector (above). You can add to the function, in my case, I'll add a sound, so when someone flips the page, it plays a page sound. 

    @objc func handleGesture(gesture: UISwipeGestureRecognizer) -> Void {
        if gesture.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirection.right {
            print("Swipe Right")
            swipeDirectionLabel.text = "Swiped Right"
        }
        else if gesture.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirection.left {
            print("Swipe Left")
            swipeDirectionLabel.text = "Swiped Left"

        }
        else if gesture.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirection.up {
            print("Swipe Up")
            swipeDirectionLabel.text = "Swiped Up"

        }
        else if gesture.direction == UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirection.down {
            print("Swipe Down")
            swipeDirectionLabel.text = "Swiped Down"

        }
    }
}