How to make UIView clickable

Question

I have a custom UIView that contains a UILabel and a UIImageView. How do I make my UIView clickable? I want the background of the UIView to change any time a user starts to press down on the UIView. The color should change back when the user lifts up on the button. I also need to be able to handle the click event.

Answer 1

Swift 2.0 Version:

Don't forget to implement UIGestureRecognizerDelegate

// Add tap gesture recognizer to View
let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: Selector("onClickOnView"))
tapGesture.delegate = self
self.view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

func onClickOnView(){
   print("You clicked on view..")
}

Swift 3.0 Version:

// Add tap gesture recognizer to View
let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(clickView(_:)))
tapGesture.delegate = self
view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)

func clickView(_ sender: UIView) {
    print("You clicked on view")
}