Using long press gesture to reorder cells in tableview?

Swift 3 and no third party solutions

First, add these two variables to your class:

var dragInitialIndexPath: IndexPath?
var dragCellSnapshot: UIView?

Then add UILongPressGestureRecognizer to your tableView:

let longPress = UILongPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(onLongPressGesture(sender:)))
longPress.minimumPressDuration = 0.2 // optional
tableView.addGestureRecognizer(longPress)

Handle UILongPressGestureRecognizer:

// MARK: cell reorder / long press

func onLongPressGesture(sender: UILongPressGestureRecognizer) {
  let locationInView = sender.location(in: tableView)
  let indexPath = tableView.indexPathForRow(at: locationInView)

  if sender.state == .began {
    if indexPath != nil {
      dragInitialIndexPath = indexPath
      let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: indexPath!)
      dragCellSnapshot = snapshotOfCell(inputView: cell!)
      var center = cell?.center
      dragCellSnapshot?.center = center!
      dragCellSnapshot?.alpha = 0.0
      tableView.addSubview(dragCellSnapshot!)

      UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.25, animations: { () -> Void in
        center?.y = locationInView.y
        self.dragCellSnapshot?.center = center!
        self.dragCellSnapshot?.transform = (self.dragCellSnapshot?.transform.scaledBy(x: 1.05, y: 1.05))!
        self.dragCellSnapshot?.alpha = 0.99
        cell?.alpha = 0.0
      }, completion: { (finished) -> Void in
        if finished {
          cell?.isHidden = true
        }
      })
    }
  } else if sender.state == .changed && dragInitialIndexPath != nil {
    var center = dragCellSnapshot?.center
    center?.y = locationInView.y
    dragCellSnapshot?.center = center!

    // to lock dragging to same section add: "&& indexPath?.section == dragInitialIndexPath?.section" to the if below
    if indexPath != nil && indexPath != dragInitialIndexPath {
      // update your data model
      let dataToMove = data[dragInitialIndexPath!.row]
      data.remove(at: dragInitialIndexPath!.row)
      data.insert(dataToMove, at: indexPath!.row)

      tableView.moveRow(at: dragInitialIndexPath!, to: indexPath!)
      dragInitialIndexPath = indexPath
    }
  } else if sender.state == .ended && dragInitialIndexPath != nil {
    let cell = tableView.cellForRow(at: dragInitialIndexPath!)
    cell?.isHidden = false
    cell?.alpha = 0.0
    UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.25, animations: { () -> Void in
      self.dragCellSnapshot?.center = (cell?.center)!
      self.dragCellSnapshot?.transform = CGAffineTransform.identity
      self.dragCellSnapshot?.alpha = 0.0
      cell?.alpha = 1.0
    }, completion: { (finished) -> Void in
      if finished {
        self.dragInitialIndexPath = nil
        self.dragCellSnapshot?.removeFromSuperview()
        self.dragCellSnapshot = nil
      }
    })
  }
}

func snapshotOfCell(inputView: UIView) -> UIView {
  UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(inputView.bounds.size, false, 0.0)
  inputView.layer.render(in: UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)
  let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
  UIGraphicsEndImageContext()

  let cellSnapshot = UIImageView(image: image)
  cellSnapshot.layer.masksToBounds = false
  cellSnapshot.layer.cornerRadius = 0.0
  cellSnapshot.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: -5.0, height: 0.0)
  cellSnapshot.layer.shadowRadius = 5.0
  cellSnapshot.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.4
  return cellSnapshot
}

They added a way in iOS 11.

First, enable drag interaction and set the drag and drop delegates.

Then implement moveRowAt as if you are moving the cell normally with the reorder control.

Then implement the drag / drop delegates as shown below.

tableView.dragInteractionEnabled = true
tableView.dragDelegate = self
tableView.dropDelegate = self

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, moveRowAt sourceIndexPath: IndexPath, to destinationIndexPath: IndexPath) { }

extension TableView: UITableViewDragDelegate {
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, itemsForBeginning session: UIDragSession, at indexPath: IndexPath) -> [UIDragItem] {
        return [UIDragItem(itemProvider: NSItemProvider())]
    }
} 

extension TableView: UITableViewDropDelegate {
    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, dropSessionDidUpdate session: UIDropSession, withDestinationIndexPath destinationIndexPath: IndexPath?) -> UITableViewDropProposal {

        if session.localDragSession != nil { // Drag originated from the same app.
            return UITableViewDropProposal(operation: .move, intent: .insertAtDestinationIndexPath)
        }

        return UITableViewDropProposal(operation: .cancel, intent: .unspecified)
    }

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, performDropWith coordinator: UITableViewDropCoordinator) {
    }
}