swipe over a tabbar widget?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hello, before I tackle my next hurdle, maybe I should ask if it’s a fool’s errand before I depart…

I have a storyboards and a tabbar to change scenes, all is well.  The new request is to be able to hide the tabbar for greater screen real-estate for reading.

Is it possible to swipe down over a tabbar to initiate an animation of it moving off screen? 

Thanks!

#2

How about placing an invisible rectangle over the tab bar and letting tap events drop through to it? You can catch the touch events to detect a downward swipe.

#3

Something to think about – if you’re swiping down to hide the tab bar, does that mean a swipe up will show it? 

If so, people may get frustrated when they try that and the iOS 7 control panel slides up.

Maybe you could slide the tab bar sideways and leave a little handle sticking out.

 Jay

#4

After playing with someone’s iOS7 for a little bit I see what you mean about swiping up from the bottom.  If I put something down there it would only conflict and confuse things.  I’m going with the button approach.  

For the first time I’m using a sprite sheet for the little up/down indicator on the button.  And in my usual way, something new works initially but then I stumble over something small, like how to change the frame after the button has been pushed.

Thanks for the ideas and the heads up on iOS7 control panel!

#5

Maybe you could take a cue from the iOS7 version of Safari…

#6

How about placing an invisible rectangle over the tab bar and letting tap events drop through to it? You can catch the touch events to detect a downward swipe.

#7

Something to think about – if you’re swiping down to hide the tab bar, does that mean a swipe up will show it? 

If so, people may get frustrated when they try that and the iOS 7 control panel slides up.

Maybe you could slide the tab bar sideways and leave a little handle sticking out.

 Jay

#8

After playing with someone’s iOS7 for a little bit I see what you mean about swiping up from the bottom.  If I put something down there it would only conflict and confuse things.  I’m going with the button approach.  

For the first time I’m using a sprite sheet for the little up/down indicator on the button.  And in my usual way, something new works initially but then I stumble over something small, like how to change the frame after the button has been pushed.

Thanks for the ideas and the heads up on iOS7 control panel!

#9

Maybe you could take a cue from the iOS7 version of Safari…