How can I determine if a user has pressed on a UITableViewCell for 2 seconds?

Question

I am using gesture recognizers:

Initialize in viewDidLoad:

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

This is what longPress looks like:

- (void)longPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)gestureRecognizer {
 if (gestureRecognizer.minimumPressDuration == 2.0) {
  NSLog(@"Pressed for 2 seconds!");
 }
}

How can I tie this into?

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tblView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

How will didSelectRowAtIndexPath get a reference to gestureRecognizer.minimumPressDuration?

Basically what I'm trying to achieve is:

**If a user clicks on a cell, check to see if the press is 2 seconds.**

Answer 1

You can try adding the gesturerecognizer to the tableviewcell, instead of the tableview. UITableViewCells derive from UIView, as such they can accept gesture recognizers.

Answer 2

Try adding it to the UITableViewCell instead of the UITableView by providing the tableView:willDisplayCell:forRowAtIndexPath: method like so:

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
     [cell addGestureRecognizer:longPressRecognizer];
}