UIView flipping by UIPanGestureRecognizer - ios

Question

I'm trying to use UIPanGestureRecognizer to flip an UIView. I'm using below code to handle flipping the view,
- (void)handlePan:(UIPanGestureRecognizer*)gesture{
CGPoint translation = [gesture translationInView:self.view];
NSLog(#"PAN X VALUE %f", translation.x );
double percentageOfWidth = translation.x / (gesture.view.frame.size.width / 2);
float angle = (percentageOfWidth * 100) * M_PI_2 / 180.0f;
CALayer *layer = testView.layer;
CATransform3D flipTransform = CATransform3DIdentity;
flipTransform.m34 = -0.002f;
flipTransform = CATransform3DRotate(flipTransform, angle, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
layer.transform = flipTransform;
}
My problem is when i pan, sometimes there are some quick jumpings happen, I believe thats because translation.x(PAN X VALUE) value jumps from few points ahead, In my case i need it to be very smooth.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can use the gestureRecognizerShouldBegin method, which u can limit the UIPanGestureRecognizer sensitivity.
Example:
- (BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIPanGestureRecognizer *)panGestureRecognizer {
CGPoint translation = [panGestureRecognizer translationInView:self.view];
return fabs(translation.y) < fabs(translation.x);
}

Answer 2

Here's how I solved this for a cube rotation - just take the amount dragged and divide:
- (void)panHandle:(UIPanGestureRecognizer*)recognizer;
{
if ([recognizer state] == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan)
{
CGPoint translation = [recognizer translationInView:[self superview]];
_startingX = translation.x;
}
else if ([recognizer state] == UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged)
{
CGPoint translation = [recognizer translationInView:[self superview]];
CGFloat angle = -(_startingX - translation.x) / 4;
//Now do translation with angle
_transitionContainer.layer.sublayerTransform = [self->_currentMetrics asTransformWithAngle:angle];
}
else if ([recognizer state] == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded)
{
[self transitionOrReturnToOrigin];
}
}