Dismiss modal view form sheet controller on outside tap

Question

I am presenting a modal view controller as a form sheet and dismissing it when the cancel button, which is a bar button item, is clicked. I need to dismiss it when I tap on

Answer 1

Swift 3

class ModalParentViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {

private var tapOutsideRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer!

override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(animated)

    if(self.tapOutsideRecognizer == nil) {
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handleTapBehind))
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = false
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.delegate = self
        appDelegate.window?.addGestureRecognizer(self.tapOutsideRecognizer)
    }
}

override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

      if(self.tapOutsideRecognizer != nil) {
        appDelegate.window?.removeGestureRecognizer(self.tapOutsideRecognizer)
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer = nil
    }
}

func close(sender: AnyObject) {
    self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

// MARK: - Gesture methods to dismiss this with tap outside
func handleTapBehind(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.ended) {
        let location: CGPoint = sender.location(in: nil)

        if (!self.view.point(inside: self.view.convert(location, from: self.view.window), with: nil)) {
            self.view.window?.removeGestureRecognizer(sender)
            self.close(sender: sender)
        }
    }
}

func gestureRecognizer(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWith otherGestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
    return true
}

}

Answer 2

I solved iOS 8 issue by adding delegate to gesture recognizer

[taprecognizer setDelegate:self];

with these responses

#pragma mark - UIGestureRecognizer Delegate

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
    return YES;
}

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer {
    return YES;
}

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldReceiveTouch:(UITouch *)touch {
    return YES;
}

that works for me with iOS 8 GM

Answer 3

@yershuachu's answer, in Swift 2:

class ModalParentViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {

    private var tapOutsideRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer!

    override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
        super.viewDidAppear(animated)

        if(self.tapOutsideRecognizer == nil) {
            self.tapOutsideRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleTapBehind:")
            self.tapOutsideRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
            self.tapOutsideRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = false
            self.tapOutsideRecognizer.delegate = self
            self.view.window?.addGestureRecognizer(self.tapOutsideRecognizer)
        }
    }

    override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

        if(self.tapOutsideRecognizer != nil) {
            self.view.window?.removeGestureRecognizer(self.tapOutsideRecognizer)
            self.tapOutsideRecognizer = nil
        }
    }

    func close(sender: AnyObject) {
        self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
    }

    func handleTapBehind(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
        if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended) {
            let location: CGPoint = sender.locationInView(nil)

            if (!self.view.pointInside(self.view.convertPoint(location, fromView: self.view.window), withEvent: nil)) {
                self.view.window?.removeGestureRecognizer(sender)
                self.close(sender)
            }
        }
    }

    func gestureRecognizer(gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer otherGestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
        return true
    }

}

Answer 4

Ah ok. So I'm afraid thats not quite possible using the presentModalViewController: method. The whole idea of a "modal" view/window/message box/etc. pp. is that the user cannot do anything else than processing whatever the view/window/message box/etc. pp. wants him/her to do.

What you want to do instead is not present a modal view controller, but rather load and show your form view controller the regular way. Note in your master controller that the form is just showing e.g. with a BOOL variable and then handle there any taps that might occur. If your form is showing, dismiss it.

Answer 5

As far as I can tell none of the answer seem to be working right away in every condition.

My solution (either inherit from it or paste it in):

@interface MyViewController () <UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>

@property (strong, nonatomic) UITapGestureRecognizer *tapOutsideRecognizer;

@end

-(void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewDidAppear:animated];
    if (!self.tapOutsideRecognizer) {
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleTapBehind:)];
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = NO;
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer.delegate = self;
        [self.view.window addGestureRecognizer:self.tapOutsideRecognizer];
    }
}

-(void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];
    // to avoid nasty crashes
    if (self.tapOutsideRecognizer) {
        [self.view.window removeGestureRecognizer:self.tapOutsideRecognizer];
        self.tapOutsideRecognizer = nil;
    }
}

#pragma mark - Actions 

- (IBAction)close:(id)sender
{
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

- (void)handleTapBehind:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)sender
{
    if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded)
    {
        CGPoint location = [sender locationInView:nil]; //Passing nil gives us coordinates in the window

        //Then we convert the tap's location into the local view's coordinate system, and test to see if it's in or outside. If outside, dismiss the view.

        if (![self.view pointInside:[self.view convertPoint:location fromView:self.view.window] withEvent:nil])
        {
            // Remove the recognizer first so it's view.window is valid.
            [self.view.window removeGestureRecognizer:sender];
            [self close:sender];
        }
    }
}

#pragma mark - Gesture Recognizer
// because of iOS8
- (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer{
    return YES;
}

Answer 6

Based on Bart van Kuik's answer and NavAutoDismiss and other great snippets here.

class DismissableNavigationController: UINavigationController, UIGestureRecognizerDelegate {
    private var tapOutsideRecognizer: UITapGestureRecognizer!

    override func viewDidAppear(animated: Bool) {
        super.viewDidAppear(animated)

        if tapOutsideRecognizer == nil {
            tapOutsideRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(DismissableNavigationController.handleTapBehind))
            tapOutsideRecognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1
            tapOutsideRecognizer.cancelsTouchesInView = false
            tapOutsideRecognizer.delegate = self
            view.window?.addGestureRecognizer(tapOutsideRecognizer)
        }
    }

    override func viewWillDisappear(animated: Bool) {
        super.viewWillDisappear(animated)

        if tapOutsideRecognizer != nil {
            view.window?.removeGestureRecognizer(tapOutsideRecognizer)
            tapOutsideRecognizer = nil
        }
    }

    func close(sender: AnyObject) {
        dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
    }

    func handleTapBehind(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
        if sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended {
            var location: CGPoint = sender.locationInView(nil)

            if UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape(UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarOrientation) {
                location = CGPoint(x: location.y, y: location.x)
            }

            if !view.pointInside(view.convertPoint(location, fromView: view.window), withEvent: nil) {
                view.window?.removeGestureRecognizer(sender)
                close(sender)
            }
        }
    }

    func gestureRecognizer(gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer otherGestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
        return true
    }
}

Usage:

let vc = MyViewController()
let nc = DismissableNavigationController(rootViewController: vc)
nc.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FormSheet
presentViewController(nc, animated: true, completion: nil)