Long press gesture on UICollectionViewCell

I was wondering how to add a long press gesture recognizer to a (subclass of) UICollectionView. I read in the documentation that it is added by default, but I can't figure out how.

What I want to do is: Long press on a cell ( I have a calendar thingy from github ), get which cell is tapped and then do stuff with it. I need to know what cell is longpressed. Sorry for this broad question, but i couldn't find anything better on either google or SO

Solution 1:

Objective-C

In your myCollectionViewController.h file add the UIGestureRecognizerDelegate protocol

@interface myCollectionViewController : UICollectionViewController<UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>

in your myCollectionViewController.m file:

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    // attach long press gesture to collectionView
    UILongPressGestureRecognizer *lpgr 
       = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc]
                     initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleLongPress:)];
    lpgr.delegate = self;
    lpgr.delaysTouchesBegan = YES;
    [self.collectionView addGestureRecognizer:lpgr];
}

-(void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
    if (gestureRecognizer.state != UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded) {
        return;
    }
    CGPoint p = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:self.collectionView];

    NSIndexPath *indexPath = [self.collectionView indexPathForItemAtPoint:p];
    if (indexPath == nil){
        NSLog(@"couldn't find index path");            
    } else {
        // get the cell at indexPath (the one you long pressed)
        UICollectionViewCell* cell =
        [self.collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath];
        // do stuff with the cell
    }
}

Swift

class Some {

    @objc func handleLongPress(gesture : UILongPressGestureRecognizer!) {
        if gesture.state != .Ended {
            return
        }
        let p = gesture.locationInView(self.collectionView)

        if let indexPath = self.collectionView.indexPathForItemAtPoint(p) {
            // get the cell at indexPath (the one you long pressed)
            let cell = self.collectionView.cellForItemAtIndexPath(indexPath)
            // do stuff with the cell
        } else {
            print("couldn't find index path")
        }
    }
}

let some = Some()
let lpgr = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: some, action: #selector(Some.handleLongPress))

Swift 4

class Some {

    @objc func handleLongPress(gesture : UILongPressGestureRecognizer!) {
        if gesture.state != .ended { 
            return 
        } 

        let p = gesture.location(in: self.collectionView) 

        if let indexPath = self.collectionView.indexPathForItem(at: p) { 
            // get the cell at indexPath (the one you long pressed) 
            let cell = self.collectionView.cellForItem(at: indexPath) 
            // do stuff with the cell 
        } else { 
            print("couldn't find index path") 
        }
    }
}

let some = Some()
let lpgr = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: some, action: #selector(Some.handleLongPress))

Solution 2:

The same code @abbood's code for Swift:

In viewDidLoad:

let lpgr : UILongPressGestureRecognizer = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleLongPress:")
lpgr.minimumPressDuration = 0.5
lpgr.delegate = self
lpgr.delaysTouchesBegan = true
self.collectionView?.addGestureRecognizer(lpgr)

And the function:

func handleLongPress(gestureRecognizer : UILongPressGestureRecognizer){

    if (gestureRecognizer.state != UIGestureRecognizerState.Ended){
        return
    }

    let p = gestureRecognizer.locationInView(self.collectionView)

    if let indexPath : NSIndexPath = (self.collectionView?.indexPathForItemAtPoint(p))!{
        //do whatever you need to do
    }

}

Do not forget the delegate UIGestureRecognizerDelegate

Solution 3:

Swift 5:

private func setupLongGestureRecognizerOnCollection() {
    let longPressedGesture = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleLongPress(gestureRecognizer:)))
    longPressedGesture.minimumPressDuration = 0.5
    longPressedGesture.delegate = self
    longPressedGesture.delaysTouchesBegan = true
    collectionView?.addGestureRecognizer(longPressedGesture)
}

@objc func handleLongPress(gestureRecognizer: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
    if (gestureRecognizer.state != .began) {
        return
    }

    let p = gestureRecognizer.location(in: collectionView)

    if let indexPath = collectionView?.indexPathForItem(at: p) {
        print("Long press at item: \(indexPath.row)")
    }
}

Also don't forget to implement UIGestureRecognizerDelegate and call setupLongGestureRecognizerOnCollection from viewDidLoad or wherever you need to call it.

Solution 4:

Use the delegate of UICollectionView receive long press event

You must impl 3 method below.

//UICollectionView menu delegate
- (BOOL)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView shouldShowMenuForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath{

   //Do something

   return YES;
}
- (BOOL)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView canPerformAction:(SEL)action forItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath withSender:(nullable id)sender{
    //do nothing
    return NO;
}

- (void)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView performAction:(SEL)action forItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath withSender:(nullable id)sender{
    //do nothing
}