Mobile Gestures
Mobile Gestures are the different ways of movements made by the user on the mobile screen for interacting with the mobile device interface.
Having the knowledge of different mobile gestures will help you in writing the test cases in a better way or communicating things to others in a better way.
Below are the different Mobile Gestures we generally use:
Tap
Instead of clicking on a button or option, in Mobile App Testing, we Tap our finger on the mobile app screen for selecting and displayed an option.
Image Credit: Touch Gesture Reference Guide
Example: Open your smartphone and Tap on any application to launch/open it.
Double Tap
Double Tap is a gesture, where we Tap on the mobile device screen twice.
Example: Open any article in your mobile browser which displays some text and Double Tap on any word displayed in the article to get Copy, Share, and other options (Try on Android Phone).
Flick
The flick is a gesture, where we place a finger on the screen and quickly swipe it in any required direction for faster scrolling (horizontally or vertically).
Example: Let’s say you have hundreds of contacts on your mobile, open the Contacts on your mobile, and quickly swipe up or down with your finger for faster scrolling through your contacts.
Pinch
Pinch is a gesture, where we place two fingers on the screen and move them together for zoom-in purposes.
Example: Open Google Maps, put your fingers on the displayed map, and drag these two fingers together to zoom in on the map. We can also try this with any image on our smartphone.
Spread
Spread is a gesture, where we place two fingers on the screen and move them away from each other for zoom-out purposes.
Example: Open Google Maps, put your two fingers on the displayed map, and drag these two fingers away from each other to zoom out the map. We can also try this with any image on our smartphone.
Long Press
Long Press or Press is a gesture, where we touch the screen and hold it for a period of time.
Example: Touch an App on the mobile screen and hold it for a period of time, until you get options to uninstall the app.
We can also try this for sending voice messages in the Whatsapp app, where instead of typing text in the text box, we will touch and hold the mike icon beside the text box to turn on the voice recording mode in Whatsapp.
Swipe
Swipe is a gesture, where we touch the screen and move the finger without releasing from the screen in any required direction.
Example: In any Android mobile, touch the screen on the top and move the finger without releasing from the screen in the downward direction to open the Notifications.