Is it normal that carousel swipe events are not working very well?

[Michael2210441]

Is there something about the Carousel component that makes it a bad idea to use it for content that I want the user to be able to swipe through, (like book reader)?

On the two devices I've tested, it takes many tries to swipe through the carousel, as if there's a "sensitivity" property and it's too low for carousels. Other pages and components in the same app have no issue picking up on swipes.

I am only testing with minimal text content, so I can't imagine my carousel panels are too large and slowing things down.

Would it work better if I disabled the navigation?

Thanks!

[Kateryna Grynko]

Hi Michael,

It's better to use Carousel as a separate component to navigate between content.
Adding swipe events will confuse your users. Does your carousel itself work slow?

[Michael2210441]

I don't think it's the carousel itself. More like the device doesn't detect the swipe as reliably as it does with other components on other pages.

On further testing, however, this may be related to the device. It's strange because other components, like the map, work fine on the same device.

The carousel works fine on a second device... sorry I didn't verify that first.

Thanks!

[Kateryna Grynko]

Michael,

On what device doesn't it work? What OS? Could you please describe in detail?

[Michael2210441]

It's an LG G2 on Android 4.2.2

It has other issues... http://getsatisfaction.com/apperyio/topics/tester_app_fails...

[Kateryna Grynko]

Michael,

Unfortunately we don't have this device, but we'll test this on another one.

[Maryna Brodina]

Hello! Looks like there is some issue with this specific device. What Min. SDK version you have in App Settings--Android binary tab? Not sure if it helps, but could you try to change it?

[Michael2210441]

Sure, I'm game.

Min. SDK is set to Android 2.2.x.

[Maryna Brodina]

Try to change Min. SDK version and Target SDK version to Android 4.0.3 - 4.0.4.

[Michael2210441]

I changed both settings as instructed and it didn't make a difference.