Using a long press gesture recognizer, you can recreate a 'touch up inside' button effect on any view.

TouchUpInsideViews.swift

let longPress = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(upgradeAlertViewOtherUpgradesLongPressHandler))
longPress.minimumPressDuration = 0

var longPressGRStartPoint: CGPoint?
var didCancelLongPressGR = false
    
func viewTouched(sender: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
    let currentPoint = sender.location(in: self.view)
    switch sender.state {
    case .began:
        print("touch began")
        longPressGRStartPoint = sender.location(in: self.view)
        didCancelLongPressGR = false
        highlightView()
    case .changed:
        if didCancelLongPressGR { return }
        guard longPressGRStartPoint != nil else { return }
        //print("touches changed")
        let distance = hypotf(Float(currentPoint.x - longPressGRStartPoint!.x), Float(currentPoint.y - longPressGRStartPoint!.y))
        //print(distance)
        if distance > 55 {
            didCancelLongPressGR = true
            unhighlightView(shouldTakeAction: false)
        }
    case .ended:
        if didCancelLongPressGR { return }
        print("touches ended")
        unhighlightView(shouldTakeAction: true)
    default:
        break
    }
}
    
func highlightView() {
   // update ui
    print("view highlighted")
}    
func unhighlightView(shouldTakeAction: Bool) {
    // update ui
    print("view unhighlighted")
    if !shouldTakeAction { return }
    // do the action
    print("view action taken")
}

convert to RxSwift https://gist.github.com/sk-chanch/b1b6ddc1adca6634397888d4b455ddd8