How To select a table row during a long press in Swift

I have a table which has a long press gesture recogniser that runs code depending on what table row is selected.

The trouble I'm having is that I currently have to tap the row I want then do the long press.

How can I make the table select the row that I am long pressing without having to tap to select it first?

> **Swift 4 & 5**

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
setupLongPressGesture()
}

func setupLongPressGesture() {
let longPressGesture:UILongPressGestureRecognizer = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handleLongPress))
longPressGesture.minimumPressDuration = 1.0 // 1 second press
longPressGesture.delegate = self
self.tblMessage.addGestureRecognizer(longPressGesture)
}

@objc func handleLongPress(_ gestureRecognizer: UILongPressGestureRecognizer){
if gestureRecognizer.state == .began {
let touchPoint = gestureRecognizer.location(in: self.tblMessage)
if let indexPath = tblMessage.indexPathForRow(at: touchPoint) {

}
}
}

> **Swift 3**

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
setupLongPressGesture()
}

func setupLongPressGesture() {
let longPressGesture:UILongPressGestureRecognizer = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(YourViewController.handleLongPress(_:)))
longPressGesture.minimumPressDuration = 1.0 // 1 second press
longPressGesture.delegate = self
self.tblMessage.addGestureRecognizer(longPressGesture)
}

func handleLongPress(_ longPressGestureRecognizer: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {

if longPressGestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Began {

let touchPoint = longPressGestureRecognizer.locationInView(self.view)
if let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForRowAtPoint(touchPoint) {

// your code here, get the row for the indexPath or do whatever you want
}
}
}

> **Objective - C**

UILongPressGestureRecognizer* longPressRecognizer = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(onLongPress:)];
[self.tableView addGestureRecognizer:longPressRecognizer];

-(void)onLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)pGesture
{
if (pGesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateRecognized)
{
//Do something to tell the user!
}

if (pGesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded)
{
UITableView* tableView = (UITableView*)self.view;
CGPoint touchPoint = [pGesture locationInView:self.view];
NSIndexPath* row = [tableView indexPathForRowAtPoint:touchPoint];
if (row != nil) {
//Handle the long press on row
}
}
}

> Swift 5

Declare this line in `viewDidLoad()` like this



override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//do other stuff here

// long press listener for tableview
let longPress = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleLongPress(sender:)))
tableView.addGestureRecognizer(longPress)

}

Where `handleLongPress()` method is

@objc private func handleLongPress(sender: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
if sender.state == .began {
let touchPoint = sender.location(in: tableView)
if let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForRow(at: touchPoint) {
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Alert", message: "Do you want to delete this item?", preferredStyle: .alert)

let action = UIAlertAction(title: "Yes", style: .default) { (action) in
// do your functionality

alert.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)

}
let actionDelete = UIAlertAction(title: "No", style: .default) { (action) in
// do your functionality
alert.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)

}

alert.addAction(action)
alert.addAction(actionDelete)
self.present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
// your code here, get the row for the indexPath or do whatever you want
}
}
}

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***Swift 4***

let longPressRecognizer = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(longPressed(sender:)))
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(longPressRecognizer)

// MARK: Actions

@objc func longPressed(sender: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {

if sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.began {

let touchPoint = sender.location(in: self.tableView)
if let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForRow(at: touchPoint) {

print("Long pressed row: \(indexPath.row)")
}
}
}

For Verision 3 of swift

func longPress(_ longPressGestureRecognizer: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
if longPressGestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.began {
let touchPoint = longPressGestureRecognizer.location(in: self.view)
if let indexPath = notificationTabelView.indexPathForRow(at: touchPoint) {
print("indexPath=\(indexPath)")
// your code here, get the row for the indexPath or do whatever you want
}
}
}

In Your `viewDidLoad` function

let longPressGesture:UILongPressGestureRecognizer = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(EmployeeNotificationViewController.longPress(_:)))
longPressGesture.minimumPressDuration = 1.0 // 1 second press
longPressGesture.delegate = self as? UIGestureRecognizerDelegate
self.notificationTabelView.addGestureRecognizer(longPressGesture)

Swift 3 function:

func handleLongPress(_ longPressGestureRecognizer: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {

if longPressGestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Began {

let touchPoint = longPressGestureRecognizer.locationInView(self.view)
if let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForRowAtPoint(touchPoint) {

// your code here, get the row for the indexPath or do whatever you want
}
}



viewDidLoad:

let longPressGesture:UILongPressGestureRecognizer = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(YourViewController.handleLongPress(_:)))
longPressGesture.minimumPressDuration = 1.0 // 1 second press
longPressGesture.delegate = self
self.tableView.addGestureRecognizer(longPressGesture)


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let longPressGesture = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: (#selector(YourCustomeTableCell.longTap)))
self.addGestureRecognizer(longPressGesture)

func longTap(){
print("Long tap")
}

Using IBAction you can do (for a CollectionView):

@IBAction func handleLongPress(sender: AnyObject) {

if sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Began
{
let position = sender.locationInView(sender.view)

if let indexPath : NSIndexPath = ((sender.view as! UICollectionView).indexPathForItemAtPoint(position))!{
print("You holding cell #\(indexPath.item)!")
}
}
}

Remember to link with your Long Press Gesture Recognizer.

The following code works fine for me:

Add a long press gesture recognizer in viewDidLoad:

// tapRecognizer, placed in viewDidLoad
let longPressRecognizer = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "longPress:")
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(longPressRecognizer)

Then the method invoke by the long press looks like this:

//Called, when long press occurred
func longPress(longPressGestureRecognizer: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {

if longPressGestureRecognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerState.Began {

let touchPoint = longPressGestureRecognizer.locationInView(self.view)
if let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForRowAtPoint(touchPoint) {

// your code here, get the row for the indexPath or do whatever you want
}
}

To avoid this, you can add the `UILongPressGestureRecognizer` inside the `cellForRowAtIndexPath` instead of `didSelectRowAtIndexPath`