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105<p>Gestures allow users to interact with your app by manipulating the screen objects you provide. The
106following table shows the core gesture set that is supported in Android.</p>
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111 <img src="../static/content/gesture_touch.png">
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113<h4>Touch</h4>
114<p>Triggers the default functionality for a given item.</p>
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117 <li class="no-bullet with-icon action">
118 <h4>Action</h4>
119 <p>Press, lift</p></li>
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125 <img src="../static/content/gesture_longtouch.png">
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127<h4>Long press</h4>
128<p>Enters data selection mode. Allows you to select one or more items in a view and act upon
129 the data using a contextual action bar. Avoid using long press for showing contextual menus.</p>
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132 <li class="no-bullet with-icon action">
133 <h4>Action</h4>
134 <p>Press, wait, lift</p></li>
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140 <img src="../static/content/gesture_swipe.png">
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142<h4>Swipe</h4>
143<p>Scrolls overflowing content, or navigates between views in the same hierarchy.</p>
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146 <li class="no-bullet with-icon action">
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148 <p>Press, move, lift</p></li>
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158 <img src="../static/content/gesture_drag.png">
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160<h4>Drag</h4>
161<p>Rearranges data within a view, or moves data into a container (e.g. folders on Home Screen).</p>
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164 <li class="no-bullet with-icon action">
165 <h4>Action</h4>
166 <p>Long press, move, lift</p></li>
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172 <img src="../static/content/gesture_doubletouch.png">
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174<h4>Double touch</h4>
175<p>Zooms into content. Also used as a secondary gesture for text selection.</p>
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177<ul>
178 <li class="no-bullet with-icon action">
179 <h4>Action</h4>
180 <p>Two touches in quick succession</p></li>
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186 <img src="../static/content/gesture_pinchopen.png">
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188<h4>Pinch open</h4>
189<p>Zooms into content.</p>
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192 <li class="no-bullet with-icon action">
193 <h4>Action</h4>
194 <p>2-finger press, move outwards, lift</p></li>
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204 <img src="../static/content/gesture_pinchclose.png">
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206<h4>Pinch close</h4>
207<p>Zooms out of content.</p>
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210 <li class="no-bullet with-icon action">
211 <h4>Action</h4>
212 <p>2-finger press, move inwards, lift</p></li>
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