Best React.js Swiper Components 2021

Best React.js Swiper Components

In this article we want to explore the best components you can use as swiper in your web app. These are third party components that you install to give the swipe functionality which makes your app more modern.

(a). react-swipeable-views

A React component for swipeable views.

Installation

Browser

npm install --save react-swipeable-views

Native (experimental)

npm install --save react-swipeable-views-native

Simple example

Browser

import React from 'react';
import SwipeableViews from 'react-swipeable-views';

const styles = {
  slide: {
    padding: 15,
    minHeight: 100,
    color: '#fff',
  },
  slide1: {
    background: '#FEA900',
  },
  slide2: {
    background: '#B3DC4A',
  },
  slide3: {
    background: '#6AC0FF',
  },
};

const MyComponent = () => (
  <SwipeableViews>
    <div style={Object.assign({}, styles.slide, styles.slide1)}>
      slide n°1
    </div>
    <div style={Object.assign({}, styles.slide, styles.slide2)}>
      slide n°2
    </div>
    <div style={Object.assign({}, styles.slide, styles.slide3)}>
      slide n°3
    </div>
  </SwipeableViews>
);

export default MyComponent;

Native (experimental)

react-native support is experimental and I have no plan pushing it forward. I start to think that lower level abstraction to share the implementation between the platforms are more appropriate. We have two different implementations of the react-swipeable-views API.

import React from 'react';
import {
  StyleSheet,
  Text,
  View,
} from 'react-native';

import SwipeableViews from 'react-swipeable-views-native';
// There is another version using the scroll component instead of animated.
// I'm unsure which one give the best UX. Please give us some feedback.
// import SwipeableViews from 'react-swipeable-views-native/lib/SwipeableViews.scroll';

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  slideContainer: {
    height: 100,
  },
  slide: {
    padding: 15,
    height: 100,
  },
  slide1: {
    backgroundColor: '#FEA900',
  },
  slide2: {
    backgroundColor: '#B3DC4A',
  },
  slide3: {
    backgroundColor: '#6AC0FF',
  },
  text: {
    color: '#fff',
    fontSize: 16,
  },
});

const MyComponent = () => (
  <SwipeableViews style={styles.slideContainer}>
    <View style={[styles.slide, styles.slide1]}>
      <Text style={styles.text}>
        slide n°1
      </Text>
    </View>
    <View style={[styles.slide, styles.slide2]}>
      <Text style={styles.text}>
        slide n°2
      </Text>
    </View>
    <View style={[styles.slide, styles.slide3]}>
      <Text style={styles.text}>
        slide n°3
      </Text>
    </View>
  </SwipeableViews>
);

export default MyComponent;

Documentation

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Component API

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(b). react-swipe

Swipe.js as a React component

Demo

Check out the demo from a mobile device (real or emulated).

Install

npm install react swipe-js-iso react-swipe --save

Usage

Examples

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import ReactSwipe from 'react-swipe';

const Carousel = () => {
  let reactSwipeEl;

  return (
    <div>
      <ReactSwipe
        className="carousel"
        swipeOptions={{ continuous: false }}
        ref={el => (reactSwipeEl = el)}
      >
        <div>PANE 1</div>
        <div>PANE 2</div>
        <div>PANE 3</div>
      </ReactSwipe>
      <button onClick={() => reactSwipeEl.next()}>Next</button>
      <button onClick={() => reactSwipeEl.prev()}>Previous</button>
    </div>
  );
};

ReactDOM.render(<Carousel />, document.getElementById('app'));

Props

swipeOptions: ?Object - supports all original options from Swipe.js config. If passed object differs from the previous one react-swipe will re-initiate underlying Swipe.js instance with fresh options
style: ?Object - object with 3 keys (see defaults):
- container: ?Object
- wrapper: ?Object
- child: ?Object
regular props as className, id for root component are also supported
childCount: ?Number - use it to explicitely tell react-swipe that it needs to re-initiate underlying Swipe.js instance. For example, by setting the childCount prop to the length of the images array that you pass into react-swipe, re-rendering will take place when the images.length differs from the previous render pass:

<ReactSwipe childCount={images.length}>{images}</ReactSwipe>

Methods

Component proxies all Swipe.js instance methods.