Can any view be made to act as a responder?

In iOS, any UIView cannot automatically become the first responder because it needs to support the UIResponder methods and be capable of handling input events (such as touches or keyboard input). By default, UIView inherits from UIResponder, but not all view types can become the first responder.

To make a view the first responder, you need to:

• Override the canBecomeFirstResponder method and return true.
• Implement handling for the events you want to accept.

Example:

class CustomView: UIView {
    override var canBecomeFirstResponder: Bool {
        return true
    }

    override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        self.becomeFirstResponder()
    }
}

Thus, any view can become a responder if you explicitly allow it and implement the appropriate logic.