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Tap+swipe up behaviour is reversed

Andrii shared this question ago

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Hello!

The standard iOS behaviour for maps is tap + swipe up = zoom in

But Locus map zooming it out.

This is super inconvenient due to years of “muscle memory” using iOS.

Could you please reverse the behaviour to be in align with apple guidelines?

Please see the video I recorded to fully understand what I mean

https://imgur.com/a/0l6rKZC

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Andrew Heard ●

Andrii - do you mean just for the iOS version of LM? I'd guess Android users are happy with existing behavior from past 10 years?

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Andrii ●

Yes, for sure. I don’t know how this gesture should behave on Android.

My message is dedicated for iOS solely.

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Michal Stupka ●

Hi Andrii,

Interestingly, Google Maps for iOS uses the same zooming method as Locus Map: tap+swipe up to zoom out. However, the mapping library MapLibre, which our app (and many others) use, has this behavior hard-coded. We'll try to work around this and offer to change the zooming direction in Locus Map settings.

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Andrii ●

That would be great. Thank you.

I also tested OsmAnd and guru maps - they follow original apple maps behaviour - tap+swipe up to zoom in. Google is well known for not following Apple guidelines.

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Andrii ●

Hello! Any update on this?

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Michal Stupka ●

Hi, as we mentioned before, this way of swiping is hardcoded in the map rendering engine MapLibre provided by a third party. Changing this would be very difficult with possible risks of malfunction. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Petr Janda ●

I have good news! I made changes directly to the external library to enable reverse direction for the quick zoom (also known as one-finger zoom), and my modifications have been accepted. Once a new version of the library is released, I will incorporate this change into the app. I can't provide an exact date for when this will happen, but I will keep you informed.

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Andrii ●

oh, that is a great news!

Native behaviour of the app is a key to success! People are used to this UI elements (like how buttons looks like, where they are located etc) Even such a small fix make big sense and any product always consists of dozen such small things.

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Petr Janda ●

I agree with your thoughts on the user interface, but I have also encountered a different perspective. Some of my colleagues prefer the familiar behavior they are used to on Android, making it difficult to persuade them to adopt a native UI. If you have any ideas or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate your help in convincing them to embrace a more native user interface. If you have any suggestions for an improved native UI, please submit them here.

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Graf Geo ●

II would also like to keep the behaviour I am used to from Android. I mainly use an Android smartphone privately and only occasionally look at the iOS Light version on my work iPhone. Different behaviour is just confusing. Organic Maps and Google Maps also show the usual Android zoom behaviour on the iPhone.

Perhaps you could add a setting to the iOS version to change the zoom behaviour.

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Andrii ●

Just ask them why they use iPhone if they like (or used to) Android behaviour. Maybe they should stick to Android devices?)

The question is simple: are you targeting android audience on iPhones? (or occasional users like Graf Geo from previous reply) Or you need iPhone audience?

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