Fastclick.js integration with AngularJS
angularjs, cordova, javascript, touch
Solution
This was simpler than I thought; I anticipated having to modify some angular directives, but it turns out that this is just a drop-in library. I included it before my angular library and saw instant results in my phonegap application (after calling `new FastClick` per the fastclick documentation).
So far, I can't find any downsides to this method. I thought that there might be some issues with the `document.ready`-type setup call (instead of something more integrated into Angular), but there don't seem to be any timing issues or anything.
Worth noting for anyone who stumbles onto this question - I'm only using the tap functionality; I believe that fastclick exposes some extra functionality that I'm not using for this project.
Problem
I'm building a Cordova application and click response times are slow. I found the angular-touch plugin for Angular (which, while designed for Angular 1.2.0, looks like it would likely work with older versions of Angular, as it's really just a set of directives) but upon trying it out, I didn't get the results I wanted. Clicks still aren't firing on tap. From what I understand, fastclick.js is a more stable alternative to angular-touch at the moment (as angular-touch is still in development). I, however, want my `ng-click` directives to take advantage of fastclick. How can I integrate fastclick.js with angular - can I just include the file and init the script, or do I have to wrap fastclick behavior in `ng-click` (essentially what angular-touch does with its first-party code)? Note: My app is using Angular 1.0, as it was built before the stable release.