Two method for UIButton? - ios

Question

We need to set a UIButton with 2 methods, the first one is when you touch it (down and up) you get one action , but when you long press it, you get another one.
For example, to get data about it when you long click, and when regular click , another thing.
How can i achieve this with UIButton ?
UIButton *CAT = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
CAT.contentHorizontalAlignment=UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentCenter;
CAT.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
[CAT addTarget:self action:#selector(newcat:)forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
I have started with adding it a gesture with this
UILongPressGestureRecognizer *longPress = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:#selector(longPress:)];
[CAT addGestureRecognizer:longPress];
But this triggered only when you take off your finger .
i want it to be triggered while my finger is still there after 1-2 seconds .
Can i do that? and can i adjust the time required for it to trigger ?

Answer 1

You can use the event UIControlEventTouchDown, use delay time for long press and you must deal with UIControlEventTouchUpInside and UIControlEventTouchUpOutside. good luck!

Answer 2

this is normal method
UIButton *CAT = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
CAT.contentHorizontalAlignment=UIControlContentHorizontalAlignmentCenter;
CAT.backgroundColor=[UIColor clearColor];
[CAT addTarget:self action:#selector(newcat:)forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
UILongPressGestureRecognizer *longpressGesture =
[[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self
action:#selector(longPressHandler:)];
longpressGesture.minimumPressDuration = 5; // set the time interval
[longpressGesture setDelegate:self];
[CAT addGestureRecognizer:longpressGesture];
[self.view addsubview: CAT];
longpress action method
- (void)longPressHandler:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
NSLog(#"longPressHandler");
// do long press action
}
normal action method
-(void) newcat:(id)sender
{
// do normal action here
}