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iOS

Posted by Junaid Abdurahman
Junaid Abdurahman
Courses Plus Student 87 Points

How do I use a gesture to switch view controllers?

I have two view controllers and i when the user does a certain gesture on the screen i want it to go to the next view. (like slide up from the bottom, double tap, swipe down etc.)

Shawn Flanigan
Shawn Flanigan
Courses Plus Student 15,815 Points

Junaid,

Wish I could help you, but I've only taken a few iOS courses myself. Hope you find your answer!

1 Answer

Lee Watkins
Lee Watkins
11,345 Points
Lee Watkins
Lee Watkins
11,345 Points

Hi Junaid Abdurahman

You can achieve this using UIGestureRecognizer and storyboards as follows:

  • Add your desired gesture in the storyboard, and link that to the relevant IBAction in your view controller.
  • Add a segue in your storyboard by ctrl-click & drag from the viewController of the first view to the viewController of the second view. Make sure that you give it an identifier.
  • In your IBAction function, use performSegueWithIdentifier:sender: to call the segue to the second view controller.

Hope this helps.

Regards, UniekLee