[android] Android: How to handle right to left swipe gestures

You don't need complicated calculations. It can be done just by using OnGestureListener interface from GestureDetector class.

Inside onFling method you can detect all four directions like this:

MyGestureListener.java:

import android.util.Log;
import android.view.GestureDetector;
import android.view.MotionEvent;

public class MyGestureListener implements GestureDetector.OnGestureListener{

    private static final long VELOCITY_THRESHOLD = 3000;

    @Override
    public boolean onDown(final MotionEvent e){ return false; }

    @Override
    public void onShowPress(final MotionEvent e){ }

    @Override
    public boolean onSingleTapUp(final MotionEvent e){ return false; }

    @Override
    public boolean onScroll(final MotionEvent e1, final MotionEvent e2, final float distanceX,
                        final float distanceY){ return false; }

    @Override
    public void onLongPress(final MotionEvent e){ }

    @Override
    public boolean onFling(final MotionEvent e1, final MotionEvent e2,
                       final float velocityX,
                       final float velocityY){

        if(Math.abs(velocityX) < VELOCITY_THRESHOLD 
                    && Math.abs(velocityY) < VELOCITY_THRESHOLD){
            return false;//if the fling is not fast enough then it's just like drag
        }

        //if velocity in X direction is higher than velocity in Y direction,
        //then the fling is horizontal, else->vertical
        if(Math.abs(velocityX) > Math.abs(velocityY)){
            if(velocityX >= 0){
                Log.i("TAG", "swipe right");
            }else{//if velocityX is negative, then it's towards left
                Log.i("TAG", "swipe left");
            }
        }else{
            if(velocityY >= 0){
                Log.i("TAG", "swipe down");
            }else{
                Log.i("TAG", "swipe up");
            }
        }

        return true;
    }
}

usage:

GestureDetector mDetector = new GestureDetector(MainActivity.this, new MyGestureListener());

view.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener(){
    @Override
    public boolean onTouch(final View v, final MotionEvent event){
        return mDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
    }
});