first post ever here but would really appreciate some help or advice on this:
I am currently building a project using the ionic framework and after building a functional version I decided that having the ability to swipe between tabs to show the separate sections of the app.
I built the app using the tab template that ionic offers so each page is shown through the ion-nav-view element and is a template called through state changes declared in the app.js file (see below):
angular.module('starter', ['ionic', 'starter.controllers', 'starter.services'])
.run(function($ionicPlatform) {
$ionicPlatform.ready(function() {
// Hide the accessory bar by default (remove this to show the accessory bar above the keyboard
// for form inputs)
if (window.cordova && window.cordova.plugins && window.cordova.plugins.Keyboard) {
cordova.plugins.Keyboard.hideKeyboardAccessoryBar(true);
}
if (window.StatusBar) {
// org.apache.cordova.statusbar required
StatusBar.styleLightContent();
}
});
})
.config(function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {
// setup an abstract state for the tabs directive
.state('tab', {
url: "/tab",
abstract: true,
templateUrl: "templates/tabs.html"
})
// Each tab has its own nav history stack:
.state('tab.dash', {
url: '/dash',
views: {
'tab-dash': {
templateUrl: 'templates/tab-dash.html',
}
}
})
.state('tab.notes', {
url: '/notes',
views: {
'tab-notes': {
templateUrl: 'templates/tab-notes.html',
controller: 'noteController'
}
}
})
.state('tab.todos', {
url: '/todos',
views: {
'tab-todos': {
templateUrl: 'templates/tab-todos.html',
controller: 'todoController'
}
}
})
.state('tab.doodles', {
url: '/doodles',
views: {
'tab-doodles': {
templateUrl: 'templates/tab-doodles.html',
}
}
})
// if none of the above states are matched, use this as the fallback
$urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/tab/dash');
});
What I want to know is; Is there a way I can allow the user to swipe left and right to switch between the different pages?
Is it even possible? If so, should it be when there is a need to scroll as well?
I hope this is enough detail, if not I would be happy to provide as much as I can. Thanks for listening!
Yes, this is possible. I played around with the tabs template and came to the following result:
<ion-content on-swipe-right="goBack()" on-swipe-left="goForward()">
And in each controller you will need the corresponding functions:
.controller('MyCtrl', function ($scope, $ionicTabsDelegate) {
$scope.goForward = function () {
var selected = $ionicTabsDelegate.selectedIndex();
if (selected != -1) {
$ionicTabsDelegate.select(selected + 1);
}
}
$scope.goBack = function () {
var selected = $ionicTabsDelegate.selectedIndex();
if (selected != -1 && selected != 0) {
$ionicTabsDelegate.select(selected - 1);
}
}
})
I don't know if this is best practice and very robust. Like I said, I just played around a little after reading the docs.
I hope I gave you an idea of how it could work.