Detecting a tap on a CAShapeLayer in Swift?

Question

I\'m quite new to iOS Development (so please forgive my ineptitude - I\'ve looked everywhere!), and was looking to find a way to detect a tap on a CAShapeLayer.

Answer 1

I used Arbitur's code and i had some errors. Here is a code i had with no errors. For swift 3.2 / 4.0

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    let layer = CAShapeLayer()
    layer.anchorPoint = CGPoint.zero
    layer.path = UIBezierPath.init(ovalIn: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 200)).cgPath
    layer.bounds = (layer.path?.boundingBox)! // IMPORTANT, without this hitTest wont work
    layer.fillColor = UIColor.red.cgColor
    self.view.layer.addSublayer(layer)

}
    // Check for touches

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set, with event: UIEvent?) {
    let point = touches.first?.location(in: self.view) // Where you pressed

    if let layer = self.view.layer.hitTest(point!) as? CAShapeLayer { // If you hit a layer and if its a Shapelayer
        if (layer.path?.contains(point!))! { // Optional, if you are inside its content path
            print("Hit shapeLayer") // Do something
        }
    }
}