---
title: numberOfTouchesRequired
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitapgesturerecognizer/numberoftouchesrequired
---

# numberOfTouchesRequired

The number of fingers that the user must tap for gesture recognition.

## Declaration

```swift
var numberOfTouchesRequired: Int { get set }
```

## Mentioned in

Handling tap gestures

## Discussion

Discussion The default value is 1.

## See Also

### Configuring the gesture

- [buttonMaskRequired](uikit/uitapgesturerecognizer/buttonmaskrequired.md)
- [numberOfTapsRequired](uikit/uitapgesturerecognizer/numberoftapsrequired.md)