jQuery Mobile Swipe Problem On Android

Posted May 3, 2011, 4:37 pm in jQuery Mobile

After weeks of playing around with jQuery Mobile and Android, I was unable to get the swipe functionality to perform properly.

There is always a delay on the swipe action before anything is actually triggered.

I also tried the Sencha Touch library, which performed slightly better, but still not proper.

This leads me to believe it is an issue with the Android browsers swipe detection.

Testing Equipment

Default Browser for each: HTC Droid Incredible w/ Android 2.2, Droid X w/ Android 2.2, HTC Thunderbolt w/ Android 2.2
JQM 1.0a4.1.js

I will update this post if I am able to find a solution. If you know of a solution, please share it in the comments!

dan May 16, 2011

I discovered the same issue. Looking forward to a resolution. Thanks.

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Alexandre May 31, 2011

getting the same problems. jquery mobile seems very very far from a final release.. working on an issue too

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Brenda Flinn May 1, 2012

The difference isn’t just a delay in swiping, but shows up in the accelerometer and other places. This delay is inherent in Java. Objective C performs perfectly on Apple products. I point this out because we are using Java instead of faster languages like C in mission critical areas. Java on the smartphone brings this latency problem in view.

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