diff --git a/PdfView/src/main/java/com/sun/pdfview/PDFPage.java b/PdfView/src/main/java/com/sun/pdfview/PDFPage.java
index 118991b..8c3f1dd 100644
--- a/PdfView/src/main/java/com/sun/pdfview/PDFPage.java
+++ b/PdfView/src/main/java/com/sun/pdfview/PDFPage.java
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class PDFPage {
                 info.bgColor = Color.WHITE;
             }
 
-            image = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Config.ARGB_8888);
+            image = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Config.RGB_565);
             renderer = new PDFRenderer(this, info, image);
 
 //            if (cache != null) {
diff --git a/PdfView/src/main/java/net/sf/andpdf/pdfviewer/OnSwipeTouchListener.java b/PdfView/src/main/java/net/sf/andpdf/pdfviewer/OnSwipeTouchListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69196e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PdfView/src/main/java/net/sf/andpdf/pdfviewer/OnSwipeTouchListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package net.sf.andpdf.pdfviewer;
+
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
+
+import uk.co.senab.photoview.PhotoViewAttacher;
+
+
+public abstract class OnSwipeTouchListener implements PhotoViewAttacher.OnSingleFlingListener {
+
+    private static final int SWIPE_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD = 100;
+    private static final int SWIPE_VELOCITY_THRESHOLD = 100;
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onFling(final MotionEvent e1, final MotionEvent e2, final float velocityX, final float velocityY) {
+        float distanceX = e2.getX() - e1.getX();
+        float distanceY = e2.getY() - e1.getY();
+        if (Math.abs(distanceX) > Math.abs(distanceY) && Math.abs(distanceX) > SWIPE_DISTANCE_THRESHOLD && Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_VELOCITY_THRESHOLD) {
+            if (distanceX > 0)
+                onSwipeRight();
+            else
+                onSwipeLeft();
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public abstract void onSwipeLeft();
+
+    public abstract void onSwipeRight();
+
+}
diff --git a/PdfView/src/main/java/net/sf/andpdf/pdfviewer/PdfViewerFragment.java b/PdfView/src/main/java/net/sf/andpdf/pdfviewer/PdfViewerFragment.java
index 780d641..e3adebd 100644
--- a/PdfView/src/main/java/net/sf/andpdf/pdfviewer/PdfViewerFragment.java
+++ b/PdfView/src/main/java/net/sf/andpdf/pdfviewer/PdfViewerFragment.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class PdfViewerFragment extends Fragment {
             return;
         }
         if (!passwordNeeded) {
-            startRenderThread(mPage, mZoom);
+            startRenderThread(mPage);
         } else {
             hideProgressBar();
             final EditText etPW = (EditText) view.findViewById(getPdfPasswordEditField());
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class PdfViewerFragment extends Fragment {
         return true;
     }
 
-    private synchronized void startRenderThread(final int page, final float zoom) {
+    private synchronized void startRenderThread(final int page) {
         if (backgroundThread != null) return;
         backgroundThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public class PdfViewerFragment extends Fragment {
 
                 mGraphView.bZoomOut.setEnabled(true);
 
-                startRenderThread(mPage, mZoom);
+                startRenderThread(mPage);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ public class PdfViewerFragment extends Fragment {
 
                 mGraphView.bZoomIn.setEnabled(true);
 
-                startRenderThread(mPage, mZoom);
+                startRenderThread(mPage);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -326,10 +326,8 @@ public class PdfViewerFragment extends Fragment {
         if (mPdfFile != null) {
             if (mPage < mPdfFile.getNumPages()) {
                 mPage += 1;
-                mGraphView.bZoomOut.setEnabled(true);
-                mGraphView.bZoomIn.setEnabled(true);
                 progress = ProgressDialog.show(getActivity(), "Loading", "Loading PDF Page " + mPage, true, true);
-                startRenderThread(mPage, mZoom);
+                startRenderThread(mPage);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -338,10 +336,8 @@ public class PdfViewerFragment extends Fragment {
         if (mPdfFile != null) {
             if (mPage > 1) {
                 mPage -= 1;
-                mGraphView.bZoomOut.setEnabled(true);
-                mGraphView.bZoomIn.setEnabled(true);
                 progress = ProgressDialog.show(getActivity(), "Loading", "Loading PDF Page " + mPage, true, true);
-                startRenderThread(mPage, mZoom);
+                startRenderThread(mPage);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -403,7 +399,7 @@ public class PdfViewerFragment extends Fragment {
                                 mGraphView.bZoomOut.setEnabled(true);
                                 mGraphView.bZoomIn.setEnabled(true);
                                 progress = ProgressDialog.show(getActivity(), "Loading", "Loading PDF Page " + mPage, true, true);
-                                startRenderThread(mPage, mZoom);
+                                startRenderThread(mPage);
                             }
                         }
                     })
@@ -462,6 +458,20 @@ public class PdfViewerFragment extends Fragment {
             pdfZoomedImageView.setBackgroundColor(getContext().getResources().getColor(R.color.zoomed_image_view_background));
 
             photoViewAttacher = new PhotoViewAttacher(pdfZoomedImageView);
+
+            photoViewAttacher.setOnSingleFlingListener(new OnSwipeTouchListener() {
+
+                @Override
+                public void onSwipeLeft() {
+                    nextPage();
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onSwipeRight() {
+                    prevPage();
+                }
+
+            });
             setPageBitmap(null);
             updateImage();