Custom UIControl does not work with UITapGestureRecognizer

Question

When the UITapGestureRecognizer is not added to the view, both the UIButton and CustomControl will receive the .touchUpInside event. However, when the UITapGestureRecognizer is added to the view, only the UIButton can receive the .touchUpInside event. How can a custom UIControl be configured to respond to the touch event like UIButton in this scenario?

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
    
        let uiButton = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 100, y: 100, width: 100, height: 100))
        uiButton.backgroundColor = .red
        uiButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(onUIButtonClick), for: .touchUpInside)
        view.addSubview(uiButton)
        
        let customButton = CustomControl(frame: CGRect(x: 200, y: 100, width: 100, height: 100))
        customButton.backgroundColor = .blue
        customButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(onCustomControlClick), for: .touchUpInside)
        view.addSubview(customButton)
        
        let tapGesture = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(onTap))
        view.addGestureRecognizer(tapGesture)
    }
    
    @objc func onTap() {
        debugPrint("onTap")
    }
    
    @objc func onUIButtonClick() {
        debugPrint("onUIButtonClick")
    }
    
    @objc func onCustomControlClick() {
        debugPrint("onCustomControlClick")
    }
}

class CustomControl: UIControl {
}

Answer 1

The delegate method gestureRecognizerShouldBegin(_:) asks if the gesture should read (and interrupt) touches. In your case:

class CustomControl: UIControl {
    override func gestureRecognizerShouldBegin(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
        return !(gestureRecognizer is UITapGestureRecognizer)
    }
}

You can expand the conditional if you don't want other gestures to interrupt either.