Pass extra argument for UItapgestureRecognizer with selector

Question

I have two labels, Label1 and Label2. I want to make a single function that prints out which label is tapped by creating UITTapRecognizer for both labels calling the same fu

Answer 1

I believe a UITapGestureRecognizer can only be used for a single view. That said, you can have 2 different UITapGestureRecognizers call the same selector and then access the UITapGestureRecognizer in the function. See the following code:

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {

        super.viewDidLoad()

        let label1 = UILabel()
        label1.backgroundColor = UIColor.blueColor()
        label1.frame = CGRectMake(20, 20, 100, 100)
        label1.tag = 1
        label1.userInteractionEnabled = true
        self.view.addSubview(label1)

        let label2 = UILabel()
        label2.backgroundColor = UIColor.orangeColor()
        label2.frame = CGRectMake(200, 20, 100, 100)
        label2.tag = 2
        label2.userInteractionEnabled = true
        self.view.addSubview(label2)

        let labelOneTap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(ViewController.whichLabelWasTapped(_:)))
        let labelTwoTap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(ViewController.whichLabelWasTapped(_:)))

        label1.addGestureRecognizer(labelOneTap)
        label2.addGestureRecognizer(labelTwoTap)

}

Both UITapGestureRecognizers call the same function:

func whichLabelWasTapped(sender : UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    //print the tag of the clicked view
    print (sender.view!.tag)
}

If you try to add one of the UITapGestureRecognizers to both labels, then only the last one added will actually call the function.