UILabel tap gesture not working when clicked

Question

I have created a label I am trying to turn into a segue to another page, but before I can setup the segue I have to make the label clickable. I have tried numerous different ways that have been mentioned here but cannot seem to get it to work correctly. The way my code is set up, the label is created in an external class associated with a UICollectionView, this class is not in the same swift file that the ViewDidLoad() function is in.

Here is the creation of the label in the class file inside of its own class that is not related to the file that ViewDidLoad() is in. The class that the label is in is being called in the ViewDidLoad() function, so the label and all of its properties are still being displayed.

Creation of label

 @IBOutlet weak var moreLabel: UILabel! = {

    let label = UILabel()
    label.text = "See More..."
    label.font = UIFont.italicSystemFont(ofSize: 16)
    label.textColor = UIColor.lightGray
    label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
    label.textAlignment = .right

    label.isUserInteractionEnabled = true

    let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(tapMore))

    return label

}()

Function for the click

@objc func tapMore(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer){

    print ("You tapped more")

}

Answer 1

You haven't added the gesture recognizer to the label...

EDIT

Even though you haven't added the recognizer to the label, as noted by matt this won't work anyway, as self does not exist in this context.

I'm more accustomed to using this format:

//@IBOutlet weak var moreLabel: UILabel! = {

lazy var moreLabel: UILabel = {

    let label = UILabel()
    label.text = "See More..."
    label.font = UIFont.italicSystemFont(ofSize: 16)
    label.textColor = UIColor.lightGray
    label.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
    label.textAlignment = .right

    label.isUserInteractionEnabled = true

    let tap = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(tapMore))

    // add it to the label
    label.addGestureRecognizer(tap)

    return label

}()

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    view.addSubview(moreLabel)
    NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
        moreLabel.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor),
        moreLabel.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerYAnchor),
        ])
}

@objc func tapMore() -> Void {
    print("Tapped")
}

Answer 2

You cannot say target: self in a property declaration initializer. There is no self yet. Move all that code into viewDidLoad .

Answer 3

• Set the frame property of the label because after UILabel() the frame is set to (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

label.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 24)

• Assign the gesture recognizer to the label

label.addGestureRecognizer(tap)