Flick View Based on Gesture Velocity

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This example shows how to have a view track a pan gesture and depart in a physics-based manner.

Swift

class ViewController: UIViewController
{
    // Adjust to change speed of view from flick
    let magnitudeMultiplier: CGFloat = 0.0008
    
    lazy var dynamicAnimator: UIDynamicAnimator =
    {
        let dynamicAnimator = UIDynamicAnimator(referenceView: self.view)
        return dynamicAnimator
    }()

    lazy var gravity: UIGravityBehavior =
    {
        let gravity = UIGravityBehavior(items: [self.orangeView])
        return gravity
    }()
    
    lazy var collision: UICollisionBehavior =
    {
        let collision = UICollisionBehavior(items: [self.orangeView])
        collision.translatesReferenceBoundsIntoBoundary = true
        return collision
    }()
    
    lazy var orangeView: UIView =
    {
        let widthHeight: CGFloat = 40.0
        let orangeView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: widthHeight, height: widthHeight))
        orangeView.backgroundColor = UIColor.orange
        self.view.addSubview(orangeView)
        return orangeView
    }()
    
    lazy var panGesture: UIPanGestureRecognizer =
    {
        let panGesture = UIPanGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(self.handlePan(sender:)))
        return panGesture
    }()
    
    lazy var attachment: UIAttachmentBehavior =
    {
        let attachment = UIAttachmentBehavior(item: self.orangeView, attachedToAnchor: .zero)
        return attachment
    }()

    override func viewDidLoad()
    {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        dynamicAnimator.addBehavior(gravity)
        dynamicAnimator.addBehavior(collision)
        orangeView.addGestureRecognizer(panGesture)
    }
    
    override func viewDidLayoutSubviews()
    {
        super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
        orangeView.center = view.center
        dynamicAnimator.updateItem(usingCurrentState: orangeView)
    }
    
    func handlePan(sender: UIPanGestureRecognizer)
    {
        let location = sender.location(in: view)
        let velocity = sender.velocity(in: view)
        let magnitude = sqrt((velocity.x * velocity.x) + (velocity.y * velocity.y))
        switch sender.state
        {
        case .began:
            attachment.anchorPoint = location
            dynamicAnimator.addBehavior(attachment)
        case .changed:
            attachment.anchorPoint = location
        case .cancelled, .ended, .failed, .possible:
            let push = UIPushBehavior(items: [self.orangeView], mode: .instantaneous)
            push.pushDirection = CGVector(dx: velocity.x, dy: velocity.y)
            push.magnitude = magnitude * magnitudeMultiplier
            dynamicAnimator.removeBehavior(attachment)
            dynamicAnimator.addBehavior(push)
        }
    }
}

Objective-C

@interface ViewController ()

@property (nonatomic, assign) CGFloat magnitudeMultiplier;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIDynamicAnimator *dynamicAnimator;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIGravityBehavior *gravity;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UICollisionBehavior *collision;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIView *orangeView;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIPanGestureRecognizer *panGesture;
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIAttachmentBehavior *attachment;

@end

@implementation ViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    [self.dynamicAnimator addBehavior:self.gravity];
    [self.dynamicAnimator addBehavior:self.collision];
    [self.orangeView addGestureRecognizer:self.panGesture];
    // Adjust to change speed of view from flick
    self.magnitudeMultiplier = 0.0008f;
}

- (void)viewDidLayoutSubviews
{
    [super viewDidLayoutSubviews];
    self.orangeView.center = self.view.center;
    [self.dynamicAnimator updateItemUsingCurrentState:self.orangeView];
}

- (void)handlePan:(UIPanGestureRecognizer *)sender
{
    CGPoint location = [sender locationInView:self.view];
    CGPoint velocity = [sender velocityInView:self.view];
    CGFloat magnitude = sqrt((velocity.x * velocity.x) + (velocity.y * velocity.y));
    if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan)
    {
        self.attachment.anchorPoint = location;
        [self.dynamicAnimator addBehavior:self.attachment];
    }
    else if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged)
    {
        self.attachment.anchorPoint = location;
    }
    else if (sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateCancelled ||
             sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded ||
             sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateFailed ||
             sender.state == UIGestureRecognizerStatePossible)
    {
        UIPushBehavior *push = [[UIPushBehavior alloc] initWithItems:@[self.orangeView] mode:UIPushBehaviorModeInstantaneous];
        push.pushDirection = CGVectorMake(velocity.x, velocity.y);
        push.magnitude = magnitude * self.magnitudeMultiplier;
        [self.dynamicAnimator removeBehavior:self.attachment];
        [self.dynamicAnimator addBehavior:push];
    }
}

#pragma mark - Lazy Init
- (UIDynamicAnimator *)dynamicAnimator
{
    if (!_dynamicAnimator)
    {
        _dynamicAnimator = [[UIDynamicAnimator alloc]initWithReferenceView:self.view];
    }
    return _dynamicAnimator;
}

- (UIGravityBehavior *)gravity
{
    if (!_gravity)
    {
        _gravity = [[UIGravityBehavior alloc]initWithItems:@[self.orangeView]];
    }
    return _gravity;
}

- (UICollisionBehavior *)collision
{
    if (!_collision)
    {
        _collision = [[UICollisionBehavior alloc]initWithItems:@[self.orangeView]];
        _collision.translatesReferenceBoundsIntoBoundary = YES;
    }
    return _collision;
}

- (UIView *)orangeView
{
    if (!_orangeView)
    {
        CGFloat widthHeight = 40.0f;
        _orangeView = [[UIView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, widthHeight, widthHeight)];
        _orangeView.backgroundColor = [UIColor orangeColor];
        [self.view addSubview:_orangeView];
    }
    return _orangeView;
}

- (UIPanGestureRecognizer *)panGesture
{
    if (!_panGesture)
    {
        _panGesture = [[UIPanGestureRecognizer alloc]initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handlePan:)];
    }
    return _panGesture;
}

- (UIAttachmentBehavior *)attachment
{
    if (!_attachment)
    {
        _attachment = [[UIAttachmentBehavior alloc]initWithItem:self.orangeView attachedToAnchor:CGPointZero];
    }
    return _attachment;
}

@end

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