Overlapping Panels is a gestures-driven navigation UI library for Android. Compared to DrawerLayout gestures, Overlapping Panels gestures are much less likely to conflict with Android 10's system back gestures because OverlappingPanelsLayout handles swipe gestures across its entire layout and not only from the edges of the screen. Overlapping Panels can act as a secondary navigation component in apps that use a bottom navigation bar / tabs as a primary navigation component.

Overlapping Panels Examples

Overlapping Panels Sample App	Discord Android App

Add the JitPack repository to your root build.gradle file:

allprojects {
    repositories {
        ...
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }
}

Then add the Overlapping Panels gradle dependency:

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.discord:OverlappingPanels:x.y.z'
}

Replace x, y, and z with the corresponding release version numbers in the Overlapping Panels release page.

OverlappingPanelsLayout is a ViewGroup that expects exactly three child views that represent the start panel, center panel, and end panel. The simplest way to use OverlappingPanelsLayout is to wrap the panel content in XML:

<com.discord.panels.OverlappingPanelsLayout
    android:id="@+id/overlapping_panels"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">


    <!-- Set layout_gravity on the start panel to "start" -->
    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/start_panel"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start">
        ...
    </FrameLayout>

    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/center_panel"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent">
        ...
    </FrameLayout>

    <!-- Set layout_gravity on the end panel to "end" -->
    <FrameLayout
        android:id="@+id/end_panel"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="end">
        ...
    </FrameLayout>

</com.discord.panels.OverlappingPanelsLayout>

Wrapping the panel content in OverlappingPanelsLayout automatically enables panel gestures where swiping left and right will open and close the corresponding side panels.

Check out the Overlapping Panels sample app for examples on how to use the core features of OverlappingPanelsLayout:

1. Panel gestures
2. Programmatically opening side panels
3. Maintaining panel state through device rotations
4. Registering child gesture regions that handle their own horizontal scrolls

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