on click on label go to next page - swift

Question

When I created a button earlier it had the ability to be an "action" IBA function..
How can I create the same thing with a label? so when I click the label my app will direct to a new page. (and how can I make it to direct to a new page? would I have to make a totally new view and in some way link it to that)
Please bare in mind, I'm a totally new to swift and have already come along way with my program,but its been pieces from several tutorials and therefor I might have a hard time understanding your answer the first time.

Answer 1

You can use UITapGestureRecognizer for that and below is simple example for you:
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let label = UILabel(frame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 200, 21))
label.center = CGPointMake(160, 284)
label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignment.Center
label.userInteractionEnabled = true
label.text = "I'am a test label"
self.view.addSubview(label)
let gestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "handleTap:")
label.addGestureRecognizer(gestureRecognizer)
}
func handleTap(gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) {
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
let vc = storyboard.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("next")
self.presentViewController(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
Result:
Project sample for more Info.

Answer 2

Swift 3
1- Make sure you've checked the "User Interaction Enabled" in attributes inspector.
2- Code:
let gestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(YourVC.labelTapped))
yourLabel.addGestureRecognizer(gestureRecognizer)
3- Use the func:
func labelTapped() {
print("labelTapped tapped")
}