Single Finger Swipe Gesture only working with Pinch Gesture

Question

I'm trying to add a very simple swipe up gesture to one of my views. The gesture does not work at all unless I apply an outward/opposite pinch gesture with two of my fingers. I am creating the gesture connections via IB. I have set up the gesture properties to Swipe: Down and Touches: 1. However it will only work with a 2 finger outward pinching motion? What is going on? Thanks.

Edit:

Ok, I've tried coding it out rather than using interface builder and I'm getting the same results. Here is the code I'm using

    UISwipeGestureRecognizer *swipeUpOnVideoView = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self action:@selector(SwipeUp:)];
swipeUpOnVideoView.direction = UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp;
swipeUpOnVideoView.numberOfTouchesRequired = 1;
[self.playerView addGestureRecognizer:swipeUpOnVideoView];

As you can see I am specifically designating only 1 touch, however my SwipeUp: method will only execute if I use an outward pinching motion with two fingers???

Hi, yes. That's what's confusing to me. I am using the UISwipeGestureRecognizer, not the pinchGestureRecognizer as you would expect with my problem. — DavidNorman
How about removing it from the Storyboard or Xib and adding it via code. Try that and see if it helps. — Infinity James

Dhaval Bhadania Dhaval Bhadania · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-04T06:53:38

check this it working proper in my application:

 UISwipeGestureRecognizer *swipeUp = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(swipeUp:)];
[swipeUp setDirection:UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp ];
[self.view addGestureRecognizer:swipeUp];

- (IBAction)swipeUp:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)recognizer
{
    // do you stuff here
}

May be it will help you.

Happy coding...:)

Single Finger Swipe Gesture only working with Pinch Gesture

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