Android Basics: Getting Around Your Phone

Move Around Your Phone’s Menus

and Screens Using Gestures

Your phone’s touchscreen lets you control everything

 

through various types of touches, or gestures.

Tap

 

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

 

in a vertical motion, such as when flicking

 

through contacts or a message list.

 

Swipe or slide: Quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

Touch and Hold

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