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<p>Gestures allow users to interact with your app by manipulating the screen objects you provide. The
following table shows the core gesture set that is supported in Android.</p>
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<h4>Touch</h4>
<p>Triggers the default functionality for a given item.</p>
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<h4>Action</h4>
<p>Press, lift</p></li>
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<img src="../static/content/gesture_longtouch.png">
<h4>Long press</h4>
<p>Enters data selection mode. Allows you to select one or more items in a view and act upon
the data using a contextual action bar. Avoid using long press for showing contextual menus.</p>
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<h4>Action</h4>
<p>Press, wait, lift</p></li>
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<h4>Swipe</h4>
<p>Scrolls overflowing content, or navigates between views in the same hierarchy.</p>
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<h4>Action</h4>
<p>Press, move, lift</p></li>
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<h4>Drag</h4>
<p>Rearranges data within a view, or moves data into a container (e.g. folders on Home Screen).</p>
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<h4>Action</h4>
<p>Long press, move, lift</p></li>
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<h4>Double touch</h4>
<p>Zooms into content. Also used as a secondary gesture for text selection.</p>
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<h4>Action</h4>
<p>Two touches in quick succession</p></li>
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<h4>Pinch open</h4>
<p>Zooms into content.</p>
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<h4>Action</h4>
<p>2-finger press, move outwards, lift</p></li>
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<h4>Pinch close</h4>
<p>Zooms out of content.</p>
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<h4>Action</h4>
<p>2-finger press, move inwards, lift</p></li>
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