Android Basics: Getting Around Your Phone
Move Around Your Phone’s Menus
and Screens Using Gestures
Your phone’s touchscreen lets you control everything |
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through various types of touches, or gestures. | Tap |
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Tap: When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select items such as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply tap them with your finger. A light touch works best.
Touch and hold: To display the available options for an item simply touch and hold the item.
Flick: Move your finger in lighter, quicker strokes | Flick | |
than swiping. This finger gesture is always used | ||
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in a vertical motion, such as when flicking |
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through contacts or a message list. |
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Swipe or slide: Quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.
Touch and Hold
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