Invoking touchesEnded: when tapped but not swiped - ios

Question

I'm wanting to invoke touchesEnded: method when the user TAPPED on a specific location on the screen but not when a user swipped on the screen. How can I achieve this?
From debugging, it seems that touchesEnded: is called when the user either tapped or swipped. I suppose I can add a local variable to track if the user had swipped like below but I think there is a more robust way of handling this:
BOOL trackSwipe = NO; // Local variable
-(void)touchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
trackSwipe = YES;
// do something
}
-(void)touchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event{
if (trackSwipe == YES)
return;
else
{
CGPoint touchPoint = [[touches anyObject] locationInView:self];
// do additional work
}
}
I have also looked into adding UITapGestureRecognizer to invoke the tap selector but this approach doesn't allow me to find the touchPoint which is very important to have.
I appreciate any help on this. Many thanks.

Answer 1

You can try this using a UITapGestureRecognizer
ViewController.h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#interface ViewController : UIViewController <UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>
#end
ViewController.m:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
UITapGestureRecognizer *recognizer = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self action:#selector(tapMethod:)];
recognizer.numberOfTapsRequired = 1;
recognizer.numberOfTouchesRequired = 1;
recognizer.delegate = self;
[self.view addGestureRecognizer:recognizer];
}
- (void)tapMethod:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer
{
CGPoint touch = [recognizer locationInView:yourViewHere];
NSLog(#"X: %f Y: %f",touch.x,touch.y);
}

Answer 2

In your viewDidLoad do this:
UITapGestureRecognizer *tap = [[UITapGestureRecognizer alloc]
initWithTarget:self
action:#selector(dismissKeyboard)];
[self.view addGestureRecognizer:tap];
Selector method:
-(void)dismissKeyboard{
[self.view endEditing:YES];
}
Using this method you can determine tap gesture.