UILongPressGestureRecognizer not removing view - iphone

Question

I'm not seeing what's wrong here. When user taps and hold, I add a view, when touch finishes the view gets removed. This does NOT work and I do see the UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded being sent.
However, if I call [tmpView removeFromSuperview]; outside of that state it gets removed without any issues.
Any idea what's causing this?
-(void)longTapped:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)recognizer {
UIView *tmpView = [[UIView alloc] init];
tmpView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
// Position the menu so it fits properly
tmpView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 100, 320, 250);
// Add the menu to our view and remove when touches have ended
if (recognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
[self.view addSubview:tmpView];
}
else if(recognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded){
[tmpView removeFromSuperview];
}
}

Answer 1

The second time your -longTapped: method is called it is instantiating a new instance of UIView in the tmpView variable, and trying to remove that from its superview. You need to store a reference to your added view on the controller when the long press starts, and when it ends you need to remove that object from its superview.
#interface myVC ()
#property (nonatomic, weak) UIView *tmpView;
#end
-(void)longTapped:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)recognizer {
if (recognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan) {
// Add the menu to our view and remove when touches have ended
self.tmpView = [[UIView alloc] init];
self.tmpView.backgroundColor = [UIColor greenColor];
// Position the menu so it fits properly
self.tmpView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 100, 320, 250);
[self.view addSubview:self.tmpView];
}
else if(recognizer.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded){
[self.tmpView removeFromSuperview];
self.tmpView = nil;
}
}