how detect swipe gesture direction?

Question

i need to detect direction of my swipe gesture and i've got problem with it. gesture is working, but i don't know how to detect direction. ...

swipeGesture = [[UISwipeGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(detectSwipe:)];
[swipeGesture setNumberOfTouchesRequired:1];
[swipeGesture setDirection:UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionDown | UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp];
[appView addGestureRecognizer:swipeGesture];

-(void)detectSwipe:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)recognizer { 
switch (recognizer.direction) {
    case UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionUp:
        NSLog(@"smth1");
        break;


    case UISwipeGestureRecognizerDirectionDown:
        NSLog(@"smth2");
    default:
        break;
}
}

it's not working :/

Answer 1

The direction property only defines the allowed directions that are recognized as swipes, not the actual direction of a particular swipe.

The easiest would be to use two separate gesture recognizers instead. You could also inspect the location of the touch when the gesture starts and when it ends with the locationInView: method.