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- Core Tech
Android Gestures: Getting Started
Making use of the many Android gestures is absolutely fundamental to providing an excellent user experience. You'll learn how to detect gestures for touching, double tapping, scrolling, time delayed touching, swiping, dragging, and scaling.
What you'll learn
At the core of every great android application is an intuitive, interactive design. In this course, Android Gestures: Getting Started, you will learn how to master the core concepts related to detecting gestures with an Android device. First, you will take a close look at the basic touch gestures, double-tap gestures, scroll gestures, time delayed gestures, swipe gestures, drag gestures, and scaling gestures. Then, you will build a draggable, scalable custom ImageView. Finally, you will explore how to use a RecyclerView for moving list items, swiping, and detecting changes to the scroll state. When you’re finished with this course, you will have a foundational knowledge on detecting and responding to gestures that will help you as you move forward to develop mobile applications.
About the author
Mitch's passion is teaching. He believes the current education system is outdated and you shouldn't have to spend your life savings to learn about the tech industry.