Detect swipe left in React Native

Question

How can I detect a left swipe on the entire screen in React Native?

Would it be necessary to use PanResponder or can it be done a little more easy?

Answer 1

If you are using a managed Expo project there is a documented gesture handler here: https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/sdk/gesture-handler/

The source code docs can be found here: https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-gesture-handler/docs/

For swiping I think you would need to use FlingGestureHandler: https://docs.swmansion.com/react-native-gesture-handler/docs/handler-fling