How to implement swipe gestures for mobile devices?

Question

I have an application made in AngularJS which has arrow key navigation to switch views.

I want to implement this navigation using swipe for touch devices. I tried jG

Answer 1

The simplest solution I've found that doesn't require a plugin:

document.addEventListener('touchstart', handleTouchStart, false);        
document.addEventListener('touchmove', handleTouchMove, false);
var xDown = null;                                                        
var yDown = null;  

function handleTouchStart(evt) {                                         
    xDown = evt.touches[0].clientX;                                      
    yDown = evt.touches[0].clientY;                                      
}; 

function handleTouchMove(evt) {
    if ( ! xDown || ! yDown ) {
        return;
    }
    var xUp = evt.touches[0].clientX;                                    
    var yUp = evt.touches[0].clientY;
    var xDiff = xDown - xUp;
    var yDiff = yDown - yUp;

    if ( Math.abs( xDiff ) > Math.abs( yDiff ) ) {/*most significant*/
        if ( xDiff > 0 ) {
        /* left swipe */ 
        } else {
        /* right swipe */
        }                       
    } else {
        if ( yDiff > 0 ) {
        /* up swipe */ 
        } else { 
        /* down swipe */
        }                                                                 
    }
    /* reset values */
    xDown = null;
    yDown = null;                                             
};