36. Implementing Custom Gesture and Pinch Recognition on Android
The previous chapter covered the detection of what are referred to as “common gestures” from within an Android application. In practice, however, a gesture can conceivably involve just about any sequence of touch motions on the display of an Android device. In recognition of this fact, the Android SDK allows custom gestures of just about any nature to be defined by the application developer and used to trigger events when performed by the user. This is a multistage process, the details of which are the topic of this chapter.
36.1 The Android Gesture Builder Application
The Android SDK allows developers to design custom gestures which are then stored in a gesture file bundled with ...
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