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RTL: Pager shown in wrong direction

    • Closed Issue created by username-removed-246167 @xsoh

    when opening the app with RTL language (e.g. Arabic) the tabs opens from right to left which is correct. But the ViewPager opens in the opposite direction. This issue happens because the ViewPager doesn't support RTL direction.

    Tip: Using RtlViewPager will fix the issue easily!

    https://github.com/diego-gomez-olvera/RtlViewPager

    Thanks!

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      • username-removed-22388
        username-removed-22388 @mvdan ·
        Owner

        A screenshot would help.

        Also, most of the UI will soon be rewritten from scratch so this issue will probably be fixed with that.

      • username-removed-56399
        username-removed-56399 @relan ·
        Developer

        A screenshot won't help. The problem is that you always need to swipe to left (i.e. move your thumb from the right side of the screen to the left) to switch from AVAILABLE to INSTALLED to UPDATES tabs, while for RTL languages the direction must be the opposite.

      • username-removed-246167
        username-removed-246167 @xsoh ·
        Author

        Done. :ok_hand:

      • username-removed-25042
        username-removed-25042 @pserwylo ·
        Maintainer

        Hey @xsoh, thanks for reporting the issue and posting a screenshot, that is indeed annoying. As pointed out by @mvdan above, we are literally in the middle of redesigning the entire UI of the F-Droid client. As such, this probably wont get fixed any time soon unless somebody proposes a MR in the meantime.

        I'll leave this issue here and open for now, because technically it is still a bug until we do actually redo the UI. If you're interested in how the design is going, feel free to pop in at Issue #709 (closed) and check out the latest screenshots (not finalised yet, but getting closer).

      • username-removed-24982
        username-removed-24982 @eighthave ·
        Owner

        @xsoh And as we make alpha releases for v0.102 with the big UX Overhaul, we'd love RTL testing and feedback so we can fix issues as they arise!

      • username-removed-25042
        username-removed-25042 @pserwylo ·
        Maintainer

        Okay, this is indeed no longer a problem in the current master. As per the material design guidelines, we are no longer supporting swiping between top level views in the main screen. This is because some views themselves want to make use of horizontal swiping, and nested swiping can be very confusing and buggy. I'm closing as this is not a problem in master, and it will be available in the alpha release of 0.103 when we get to that.

      • username-removed-25042 closed

        closed

      • username-removed-25042 changed milestone to %0.103 - UX Overhaul

        changed milestone to %0.103 - UX Overhaul

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