How to cancel a sequence of UITouch events?

Question

I have a UIImage view that responds to touch events. I want to cancel the touch sequence, i.e., further calls to touchesMoved:, if the touch goes o

Answer 1

You need to call [super touchesMoved:withEvent:] in order to let the super view clean up from the event but more importantly, you need to not call [super touchesCancelled:withEvent:].

Here's what I used on a cell to keep it from getting selected when I detected a swipe:

- (void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    if (!showingEdit) {
        if (IS_FAR_ENOUGH_TO_BE_A_SWIPE) {
            RESPOND_TO_SWIPE
            showingEdit = YES;
            [super touchesCancelled:touches withEvent:event];
        } else {
            [super touchesMoved:touches withEvent:event];
        }
    }
}

- (void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    if (!showingEdit) {
        [super touchesEnded:touches withEvent:event];
    }
}