How to create a long press button in TableView Cell to segue

Question

I can only create my segue function from the ViewController and I must have the longPress functions in my TableViewCell. There's no way to make reference to the segue function without getting an error. How would I implement this code in the cellForRow to segue when the button is held within the TableView Cell? By the way, I'm using a storyboard.

@objc func longPress(gesture: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
        if gesture.state == UIGestureRecognizer.State.began {
            print("Long Press")
            //performSegue(withIdentifier: "toProfile", sender: self)
        }
      }

    func addLongPressGesture(){
        let longPress = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(longPress(gesture:)))
            longPress.minimumPressDuration = 0.75
            self.expandButton.addGestureRecognizer(longPress)

Answer 1

I found an easy yet unorthodox solution but works like a charm:

Place a second button into your TableView Cell, connect your segue, and set it to hidden. Then create your IBOutlet for it, which I named SegueButton:

@IBOutlet weak var LongPressButton: UIButton!
@IBOutlet weak var SegueButton: UIButton!

Now add to your awakeFromNib:

override func awakeFromNib() {
addLongPressGesture()
}

Lastly, add the long press button code:

@objc func longPress(gesture: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
            if gesture.state == UIGestureRecognizer.State.began {
                print("Segue was Successful")
                SegueButton.sendActions(for: .touchUpInside)
                }
            }

    func addLongPressGesture(){
    let longPress = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(longPress(gesture:)))
        longPress.minimumPressDuration = 0.75
        self.LongPressButton.addGestureRecognizer(longPress)
    }
}