Add Swipe to Drupal Views Slideshow and jQuery Cycle

gistfile1.js

Drupal.settings.isTouchDevice = function() {
	return "ontouchstart" in window;
}

if ( Drupal.settings.isTouchDevice() ) {
	Drupal.behaviors.jQueryMobileSlideShowTouchAdvance = {
		attach: function(context, settings) {
			self = Drupal.behaviors.jQueryMobileSlideShowTouchAdvance;
				jQuery.each(jQuery(".views_slideshow_cycle_main.viewsSlideshowCycle-processed"), function(idx, value) {
					value.addEventListener("touchstart", self.handleTouchStart);
					jQuery(value).addClass("views-slideshow-mobile-processed");
				})
				jQuery(self).bind("swipe", self.handleSwipe);
		},
		detach: function() { }, original: { x: 0, y: 0}, 
		changed: { x: 0, y: 0}, direction: { x: "", y: "" }, fired: false,
		handleTouchStart: function(evt) {
			self = Drupal.behaviors.jQueryMobileSlideShowTouchAdvance;
			if (evt.touches) {
				if (evt.targetTouches.length != 1) { return false; } // don't respond to gestures
				if (evt.touches.length) { evt.preventDefault(); evt.stopPropagation() }
				self.original = { x: evt.touches[0].clientX, y: evt.touches[0].clientY }
				self.target = jQuery(this).attr("id").replace("views_slideshow_cycle_main_", "");
				Drupal.viewsSlideshow.action({ "action": "pause", "slideshowID": self.target });
				evt.target.addEventListener("touchmove", self.handleTouchMove);
				evt.target.addEventListener("touchend", self.handleTouchEnd);
			}
		},
		handleTouchMove: function(evt) {
			self = Drupal.behaviors.jQueryMobileSlideShowTouchAdvance;
			self.changed = {
                   x: (evt.touches.length) ? evt.touches[0].clientX: evt.changedTouches[0].clientX,
                   y: (evt.touches.length) ? evt.touches[0].clientY: evt.changedTouches[0].clientY
               };
			h = parseInt(self.original.x - self.changed.x), v = parseInt(self.original.y - self.changed.y);
			if (h !== 0) { self.direction.x = (h < 0) ? "right":"left"; }
			if (v !== 0) { self.direction.y = (v < 0) ? "up": "down"; }
		        if ((h+v) != 0) {
				jQuery(self).trigger("swipe");
			}
		},
		handleTouchEnd: function(evt) {
			self = Drupal.behaviors.jQueryMobileSlideShowTouchAdvance;
			evt.target.removeEventListener("touchmove", self.handleTouchMove);
			evt.target.removeEventListener("touchend", self.handleTouchEnd);
			self.fired = false;
		},
		handleSwipe: function(evt) {
			self = Drupal.behaviors.jQueryMobileSlideShowTouchAdvance;
			if (evt != undefined && self.fired == false) {
				Drupal.viewsSlideshow.action({ "action":  (self.direction.x == "left")?"nextSlide":"previousSlide", "slideshowID": self.target });
				self.fired = true; //only fire advance once per touch
			}
		}
	}
}

You can integrate touch or swipe control by integrating a simple JS plugin and activating a "click" on the controls. Here's a tutorial to Drupal touch slider or swiper with Views Slideshow. It's only a few lines of code.

Replace lines
self = Drupal.behaviors.jQueryMobileSlideShowTouchAdvance;
by
var self = Drupal.behaviors.jQueryMobileSlideShowTouchAdvance;.
Overwise the global Variable self is changed which usually refers to the browser window, which may break other JavaScript code. In my case it broke JavaScript code from module ShareThis.

Works well, thanks!