React Native Gesture Helper

A small library that adds returns gesture type when gestureState, the velocity threshold and the directional offset threshold is passed from the React Native pan responder.

Content

• Installation
• Usage example
• Function params
• Response
• Tests
• Contributing
• Questions?

Installation

npm install react-native-gesture-helper --save

Usage

Depending on the velocityThreshold and directionalOffsetThreshold the library will return wether or not the gestures is a swipe or a pan.

import React, {Component} from 'react';
import getGestureType from 'react-native-gesture-helper';
 
class SomeComponent extends Component {
    componentWillMount: function() {
        this._panResponder = PanResponder.create({
            onPanResponderMove: (evt, gestureState) => {
                // Add the gesture detection.
                const velocityThreshold = 0.4;
                const directionalOffsetThreshold = 80;
                const swipeDirection = getGestureType(gestureState, velocityThreshold, directionalOffsetThreshold);
 
                // Do what you will with the results here...
            }
        });
    }
}

Function params

Param	Default	type	description
gestureState	null	Object	The gestureState value returned from the react Native PanResponder api
velocityThreshold	0.4	Number	The Velocity threshold that decides wether the gesture is a swipe or a pan
directionalOffsetThreshold	80	Number	The directional offset threshold of the gesture

Response

Based on the input the response returned fro the gesture should be one of the following.

• SWIPE_UP
• SWIPE_DOWN
• SWIPE_LEFT
• SWIPE_RIGHT
• PAN_UP
• PAN_DOWN
• PAN_LEFT
• PAN_RIGHT
• TAP

Tests

npm test

Contributing

In lieu of a formal style guide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code.

Questions?

Feel free to contact me in twitter or create an issue