I was trying to create a custom View with rotation effects in SwiftUI. Instead of using rotation gestures, I was trying to use the Drag Gesture to rotate the Parent by adding a separate view to the parent. Dragging the child (The Blue Dot) would rotate its parent (ZStack). But I’ve faced difficulty while dragging the blue dot. The drag gesture is not ending. Can you guys help me to find out what I did wrong?
import SwiftUI
struct EditingHolder: View {
/* For Rotation Circle Drag */
@State private var currDragRect : CGSize = .zero
@State private var prevDragRect : CGSize = .zero
var rectRadius : CGFloat {
let sum : CGFloat = 2*pow(150, 2)
return sqrt(sum/4)
}
var dragRadius : CGFloat {
let height = prevDragRect.height + currDragRect.height
let width = prevDragRect.width + currDragRect.width
let sum = pow(height, 2) + pow(width, 2)
return sqrt(sum/4)
}
var rotateAngle : CGFloat{
let angle = asin(dragRadius/rectRadius)
print("🍄 Angle Produced = ", angle)
return angle
}
var body: some View {
/* **** Gestures **** */
let rotateDrag = DragGesture()
.onChanged({ value in
print("🏵 Rotate Circle Drag Started ...")
currDragRect = value.translation
}).onEnded({ _ in
print("🏵 Rotate Circle Drag Ended ✅")
prevDragRect.height += currDragRect.height
prevDragRect.width += currDragRect.width
currDragRect = .zero
})
//************* Views *******************
GeometryReader { geo in
ZStack(alignment: .center) {
Rectangle()
.padding()
.foregroundColor(Color.yellow)
///Rotate Circle `top`
Circle()
.foregroundColor(Color.blue)
.frame(width: 20, height: 20)
.position(x: 150 - 3, y: 3)
.gesture(rotateDrag)
}.frame(width:150, height: 150, alignment: .center)
.border(.green, width: 3)
.position(x: geo.size.width/2, y: geo.size.height/2)
.rotationEffect(.radians(rotateAngle))
}
//************* Views *******************
}
}
struct EditingHolder_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
EditingHolder()
}
}
2
Answers
To provide high priority to a specific gesture there is a modifier called
.highPriorityGesture()
. Have a look here for a better explanation How to use gestures in SwiftUI.I've updated the angle calculations,
Now to add
.highPriorityGesture(rotateDrag)
toZStack
..onTapGesture()
is added to get thecenter
for angle calculation. Tap on the view and then rotate by dragging the blue dot. Here is the final implementation,The sequence of drag gesture and rotation is important, otherwise SwiftUI looses context of the dragged view (which is changing by drag).
Also you don’t need GeometryReader. Here is an example that works in regards to the dragging, the angle calculation needs some more work.