Add UITapGestureRecognizer to UITextView without blocking textView touches

How can I add a UITapGestureRecognizer to a UITextView but still have the touches getting through to the UITextView as normal?

Currently as soon as I add a custom gesture to my textView it blocks the tap for UITextView default actions like positioning the cursor.

var tapTerm:UITapGestureRecognizer = UITapGestureRecognizer()

override func viewDidLoad() {
    tapTerm = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "tapTextView:")
    textView.addGestureRecognizer(tapTerm)
}

func tapTextView(sender:UITapGestureRecognizer) {
    println("tapped term – but blocking the tap for textView :-/")
…
}

How can I process taps but keep any textView behaviour like cursor positioning as is?

To do that make your view controller adopt to UIGestureRecognizerDelegate and override should recognize simultaneously with gesture recognizer method like:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    tapTerm = UITapGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: "tapTextView:")
    tapTerm.delegate = self
    textView.addGestureRecognizer(tapTerm)
}

func gestureRecognizer(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer, shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWith otherGestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) -> Bool {
    return true
}