Can you attach a UIGestureRecognizer to multiple views?

For Swift 3 in case anyone requires this: Based on Bhavik Rathod Answer above.

 func setGestureRecognizer() -> UIPanGestureRecognizer {

        var panRecognizer = UIPanGestureRecognizer()

        panRecognizer = UIPanGestureRecognizer (target: self, action: #selector(pan(panGesture:)))
        panRecognizer.minimumNumberOfTouches = 1
        panRecognizer.maximumNumberOfTouches = 1
        return panRecognizer
    }

        ///set the recognize in multiple views
        view1.addGestureRecognizer(setGestureRecognizer())
        view2.addGestureRecognizer(setGestureRecognizer())

I got around it by using the below.

for (UIButton *aButton in myButtons) {

            UILongPressGestureRecognizer *longPress = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleLongPress:)];
            longPress.minimumPressDuration=1.0;
            [aButton addGestureRecognizer:longPress];
            [longPress release];

}

Then in my handleLongPress method I just set a UIButton equal to the view of the gesture recognizer and branch what I do based upon that button

- (void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer*)gesture {
    if ( gesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded ) {
        UIButton *whichButton=(UIButton *)[gesture view];
        selectedButton=(UIButton *)[gesture view];
    ....
}

A UIGestureRecognizer is to be used with a single view. I agree the documentation is spotty. That UIGestureRecognizer has a single view property gives it away:

view

The view the gesture recognizer is attached to. (read-only)

@property(nonatomic, readonly) UIView *view

Discussion You attach (or add) a gesture recognizer to a UIView object using the addGestureRecognizer: method.