---
title: UIGestureRecognizer.State.failed
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: uikit/uigesturerecognizer/state-swift.enum/failed
---

# UIGestureRecognizer.State.failed

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

## Declaration

```swift
case failed
```

## Mentioned in

About the Gesture Recognizer State Machine

## Discussion

Discussion No action message is sent and the gesture recognizer is reset to UIGestureRecognizer.State.possible.

## See Also

### Constants

- [UIGestureRecognizer.State.possible](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/state-swift.enum/possible.md)
- [UIGestureRecognizer.State.began](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/state-swift.enum/began.md)
- [UIGestureRecognizer.State.changed](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/state-swift.enum/changed.md)
- [UIGestureRecognizer.State.ended](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/state-swift.enum/ended.md)
- [UIGestureRecognizer.State.cancelled](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/state-swift.enum/cancelled.md)
- [recognized](uikit/uigesturerecognizer/state-swift.enum/recognized.md)