Adding a UIView/UIGestureRecognizer to the presented view in a UIPresentationController - ios

Question

I am trying to recreate the bottom drawer functionality seen in Maps or Siri Shortcuts by using a UIPresentationController by having it recognise user input and updating the frameOfPresentedViewInContainerView accordingly. However I want this mechanism to work independently of the presented UIViewController as much as possible so I'm trying to have the presentation controller add a handle area above the view. Ideally the view of the presented controller and the handle are should both recognise user input.
This works for the presented view, however any view I add to it responds to no UIGestureRecognizer at all. Am I missing something?
class PresentationController: UIPresentationController {
private let handleArea: UIView = UIView()
override var frameOfPresentedViewInContainerView: CGRect {
// Return some frame for now
return CGRect(x: 0, y: 250, width: containerView!.frame.width, height: 500)
}
override func presentationTransitionWillBegin() {
// Unwrap presented view
guard let presentedView = self.presentedView else {
return
}
// Set color
self.handleArea.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
// Add to view hierachy
presentedView.addSubview(self.handleArea)
// Set constraints
self.handleArea.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: presentedView.trailingAnchor).isActive = true
self.handleArea.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: presentedView.leadingAnchor).isActive = true
self.handleArea.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: presentedView.topAnchor).isActive = true
self.handleArea.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 56).isActive = true
self.handleArea.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
// These don't help
self.handleArea.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
presentedView.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
presentedView.bringSubviewToFront(self.handleArea)
}
override func presentationTransitionDidEnd(_ completed: Bool) {
if completed {
// Add gesture recognizer
let tapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.onHandleAreaTapped(sender:)))
self.handleArea.addGestureRecognizer(tapGestureRecognizer)
}
}
override func dismissalTransitionDidEnd(_ completed: Bool) {
// Remove subview
self.handleArea.removeFromSuperview()
}
// MARK: - Responder
#objc private func onHandleAreaTapped(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
print("tap") // No output
}
}

Answer 1

I managed to solve it by adding both the handle area and the view of the presentedViewController to a custom view and then overriding the presentedView property and returning my custom view.