You can use the hitTest method in your UIView to get the details of touches and interpret them as gestures in any way you want. - (UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event.
I would try implementing the touchesBegan, touchesEnded delegate methods in my view controller and logging which get called.
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