UIPanGestureRecognizer – Only vertical or horizontal

Just do this for the vertical pan gesture recognizer, it works for me:

- (BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIPanGestureRecognizer *)panGestureRecognizer {
    CGPoint velocity = [panGestureRecognizer velocityInView:someView];
    return fabs(velocity.y) > fabs(velocity.x);
}

And for Swift:

func gestureRecognizerShouldBegin(_ gestureRecognizer: UIPanGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
    let velocity = gestureRecognizer.velocity(in: someView)
    return abs(velocity.y) > abs(velocity.x)
}