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Created November 17, 2011 16:00
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Simple Mobile Swipe function to get the swipe direction
var swipeFunc = {
touches : {
"touchstart": {"x":-1, "y":-1},
"touchmove" : {"x":-1, "y":-1},
"touchend" : false,
"direction" : "undetermined"
},
touchHandler: function(event) {
var touch;
if (typeof event !== 'undefined'){
event.preventDefault();
if (typeof event.touches !== 'undefined') {
touch = event.touches[0];
switch (event.type) {
case 'touchstart':
case 'touchmove':
swipeFunc.touches[event.type].x = touch.pageX;
swipeFunc.touches[event.type].y = touch.pageY;
break;
case 'touchend':
touches[event.type] = true;
if (swipeFunc.touches.touchstart.x > -1 && swipeFunc.touches.touchmove.x > -1) {
swipeFunc.touches.direction = swipeFunc.touches.touchstart.x < swipeFunc.touches.touchmove.x ? "right" : "left";
// DO STUFF HERE
alert(touches.direction);
}
default:
break;
}
}
}
},
init: function() {
document.addEventListener('touchstart', swipeFunc.touchHandler, false);
document.addEventListener('touchmove', swipeFunc.touchHandler, false);
document.addEventListener('touchend', swipeFunc.touchHandler, false);
}
};
swipeFunc.init();
@mikepaszkiewicz
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+1

@smohadjer
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smohadjer commented Jun 8, 2016

Throws error on iPad iOS 9.2 on line 21!
ReferenceError: Can't find variable: touches

You should use "swipeFunc.touches" rather than "touches" in lines 21 and 26. Also I had to comment out line 11 (event.preventDefault()) to avoid disabling browser scrolling.

@centhi
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centhi commented Jul 1, 2016

This is perfect.

But on some of the andorid devices doesn't able to get the touchend event when we not using the event.preventDefault(). Can you please help ?

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