HTML Docs arranged in a swipeable gallery?

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kylewestern Code is Art Posts: 2 Reg: Oct 27, 2011 New York 20	confirm \| cancel 11/18/11 09:50 AM (14 years ago) HTML Docs arranged in a swipeable gallery? Hello, Is it possible to create a gallery of HTML docs that the user can swipe between? I love that swiping component of the Image Gallery (plus the added real estate with its tap-to-hide nav bars), but prefer the HTML Doc module for its on-screen flexibility. I understand that this probably isn't something that can be configured via the Dashboard but was hoping someone might have previously encountered this issue and is able to point me in the right direction. Thanks, Kyle Title Comments Hello, Is it possible to create a gallery of HTML docs that the user can swipe between? I love that swiping component of the Image Gallery (plus the added real estate with its tap-to-hide nav bars), but prefer the HTML Doc module for its on-screen flexibility. I understand that this probably isn't something that can be configured via the Dashboard but was hoping someone might have previously encountered this issue and is able to point me in the right direction. Thanks, Kyle

David @ buzztouch buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 6866 Reg: Jan 01, 2010 Monterey, CA 78,840	11/18/11 11:37 AM (14 years ago) Been working on this for a very long time...not many results yet. It's tough to pull this off because the HTML view sort-of takes over the screen tapping events. It has to, consider how it needs to know when a link is tapped, zoomed in, pinched, etc. Capturing a swipe in a UIWebView isn't as easy as it should be with the older releases of iOS. However..iOS 5 has introduced a few new methods for devs to use and it looks like this is doable with less work these days. The other issue is the contents's location. If it's compiled in the app it will load much faster compared to from the web. I would do this: Consider making a UIScrollView screen with a scroller that's about 3x as wide as the device. Three boxes. Left-most box is offscreen to left. Right-most box is offscreen to right. Center box is onscreen. Each box has it's own UIWebView and it's own loaded document. Swiping produces each document in the middle of the screen. Continue swiping to load next, next, prev, prev, etc. This untested idea would require some logic to track what would likely be an array of URL's or document names (if in the project folder) to load. Another couple variables to track which document was loaded, how many are left in the list, etc. This is on our plugin wish list but for sure it'll be awhile before we get anything like it publically availalbe. Until then, hack away! Comments Been working on this for a very long time...not many results yet. It's tough to pull this off because the HTML view sort-of takes over the screen tapping events. It has to, consider how it needs to know when a link is tapped, zoomed in, pinched, etc. Capturing a swipe in a UIWebView isn't as easy as it should be with the older releases of iOS. However..iOS 5 has introduced a few new methods for devs to use and it looks like this is doable with less work these days. The other issue is the contents's location. If it's compiled in the app it will load much faster compared to from the web. I would do this: Consider making a UIScrollView screen with a scroller that's about 3x as wide as the device. Three boxes. Left-most box is offscreen to left. Right-most box is offscreen to right. Center box is onscreen. Each box has it's own UIWebView and it's own loaded document. Swiping produces each document in the middle of the screen. Continue swiping to load next, next, prev, prev, etc. This untested idea would require some logic to track what would likely be an array of URL's or document names (if in the project folder) to load. Another couple variables to track which document was loaded, how many are left in the list, etc. This is on our plugin wish list but for sure it'll be awhile before we get anything like it publically availalbe. Until then, hack away!

BreezeCourier Apple Fan Posts: 30 Reg: Jun 21, 2012 Taylorville, IL 5,200	07/12/12 09:18 AM (13 years ago) Google Chrome for iOS has a feature that allows you to swipe between tabs now. It's pretty fantastic! I'm still trying to find an relatively easy way to allow swiping side to side in PDF's so that you can flip between newspaper pages in a way that is more natural. Not having a lot of luck. Comments Google Chrome for iOS has a feature that allows you to swipe between tabs now. It's pretty fantastic! I'm still trying to find an relatively easy way to allow swiping side to side in PDF's so that you can flip between newspaper pages in a way that is more natural. Not having a lot of luck.

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