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Android Developers: Detect common gestures

Documents Android GestureDetector support for common gestures including onDown, onLongPress, onFling, double tap, scroll, and touch-event handling through the target view.

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Long press Choose long press when the design problem is a sustained-contact gesture and its threshold, feedback, cancellation, and equivalent action path. Long press starts only from a target that intentionally supports sustained contact. Supports platform recognition of onLongPress and related common gesture detection.

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Publisher: Android Developers. Last checked: .