What's the best way to develop a sideswipe menu like the one in Facebook's new iOS app?

It appears that side-swipe menus are becoming a more common interface element as more information gets crammed into each iPhone app. Facebook has included it in their latest version and the new Gmail app appears to include it as well. I was wondering if anybody had thoughts on the most efficient way of developing something like this as it's becoming a more common interface element. While I have my own thoughts on how to build this, I'm curious to hear what other people think.

Solution 1:

There is a great library for this by Tom Adriaenssen: Inferis/ViewDeck

It's very easy to use and has a fairly large following.

EDIT:

For something a little more lightweight, check out: mutualmobile/MMDrawerController

It doesn't have all of the features of ViewDeck but is simpler to modify and extend.

Solution 2:

I created a library for this. It is called MFSideMenu.

Among other things it includes support for iphone+ipad, portrait+landscape, menu on the left or right side, UITabBarController, and pan gestures.

Solution 3:

I recently came across this, didn't actually look at the code or test the control, but looks like it may be a very decent starting point.

jtrevealsidebar

Edit: The reader should also take a look at the other answers :)

Solution 4:

Check out MMDrawerController:

MMDrawerController

We couldn't find a library that we liked, so we just rolled our own.