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# UIGestureRecognizer.State

Constants that represent the current state a gesture recognizer is in.

```
enum State
```

## Overview

Gesture recognizers recognize a discrete event such as a tap or a swipe but don’t report changes within the gesture. In other words, discrete gestures don’t transition through the Began and Changed states and they can’t fail or be canceled.

## Topics

### Constants

[`UIGestureRecognizerStatePossible`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGestureRecognizer/State-swift.enum/possible)

The gesture recognizer hasn’t yet recognized its gesture, but may be evaluating touch events.

[`UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGestureRecognizer/State-swift.enum/began)

The gesture recognizer has received touch objects recognized as a continuous gesture.

[`UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGestureRecognizer/State-swift.enum/changed)

The gesture recognizer has received touches recognized as a change to a continuous gesture.

[`UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGestureRecognizer/State-swift.enum/ended)

The gesture recognizer has received touches recognized as the end of a continuous gesture.

[`UIGestureRecognizerStateCancelled`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGestureRecognizer/State-swift.enum/cancelled)

The gesture recognizer has received touches resulting in the cancellation of a continuous gesture.

[`UIGestureRecognizerStateFailed`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGestureRecognizer/State-swift.enum/failed)

The gesture recognizer has received a multi-touch sequence that it can’t recognize as its gesture.

[`UIGestureRecognizerStateRecognized`](/documentation/UIKit/UIGestureRecognizer/State-swift.enum/recognized)

The gesture recognizer has received a multitouch sequence that it recognizes as its gesture.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

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