diff --git a/Riot/Categories/UIGestureRecognizer.swift b/Riot/Categories/UIGestureRecognizer.swift
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+/*
+ Copyright 2019 New Vector Ltd
+ 
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ 
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ 
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import UIKit
+
+extension UIGestureRecognizer {
+    
+    func vc_isTouchingInside(view: UIView? = nil) -> Bool {
+        guard let view = view ?? self.view else {
+            return false
+        }
+        let touchedLocation = self.location(in: view)
+        return view.bounds.contains(touchedLocation)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Riot/Categories/UIImage.swift b/Riot/Categories/UIImage.swift
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+/*
+ Copyright 2019 New Vector Ltd
+ 
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ 
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ 
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import Foundation
+
+extension UIImage {
+    
+    class func vc_image(from color: UIColor, size: CGSize = CGSize(width: 1, height: 1)) -> UIImage? {
+        let rect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height)
+        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size)
+        let context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()
+        
+        context?.setFillColor(color.cgColor)
+        context?.fill(rect)
+        
+        var image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
+        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
+        
+        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size)
+        image?.draw(in: rect)
+        image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
+        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
+        
+        return image
+    }
+    
+    func vc_tintedImage(usingColor tintColor: UIColor) -> UIImage? {
+        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.size, false, self.scale)
+        let drawRect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.size.width, height: self.size.height)
+
+        self.draw(in: drawRect)
+        tintColor.set()
+        UIRectFillUsingBlendMode(drawRect, .sourceAtop)
+        let tintedImage: UIImage? = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
+        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
+        return tintedImage
+    }    
+}
diff --git a/Riot/Categories/UIStackView.swift b/Riot/Categories/UIStackView.swift
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+/*
+ Copyright 2019 New Vector Ltd
+ 
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ 
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ 
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import UIKit
+
+extension UIStackView {
+    
+    func vc_removeAllSubviews() {
+        let subviews = self.arrangedSubviews
+        for subview in subviews {
+            self.removeArrangedSubview(subview)
+            subview.removeFromSuperview()
+        }
+    }
+}