CLICK AND DRAG ANDROID

But an equal, or greater amount of apps, seem to not bother spending the time to implement this at all, and just omit the click-and-drag ability altogether (looking at you, Zoom) This is why many apps require a secondary indicator action from the user (long press, multi-finger tap, etc) as the start of a click-and-drag operation.This might be called “touch mouse” mode.

If we map “user holds finger to screen and moves from A to B” to the mouse simply moving from A to B, then we cannot, at the same time, interpret it as a click and drag operation.

But to move from point A to point B on a touchscreen, without jumping in between, you have to hold down your finger to the screen while moving. With a mouse, you can move from point A to point B without holding down any buttons. There is no perfect mapping, because a mouse doesn’t act like a touchscreen. My guess as to why this is so often omitted, is because mapping a touchscreen to a mouse input is slightly complicated by the fact that there are multiple ways to do it, and there is no perfect mapping system. I decided to do some digging… Research Initial Thoughts Is there a good reason why this feature is so often omitted from remote control apps? Is there an OS-level API blocker? Permissions issues? The more I thought about this, and came across more and more “big league” apps ( > million downloads) without click-and-drag, I started to doubt my own assumptions about mobile development. However, when it comes to collaborative and creative tools, this becomes a nightmare as pretty much everything requires click-and-drag support! Annotating, drawing, moving virtual objects, rearranging slides, etc… To be clear, a click-and-drag operation would be when you left click your mouse, and then, while still holding down the left mouse button, you move your cursor to a new position, and once there, release it.Īt first, this might not seem like a huge deal there are many things you can do on a computer without needing to click-and-drag.

CLICK AND DRAG ANDROID

app, I realized that many Android and iOS apps are missing a key feature when it comes to controlling a desktop mouse with your phone… click-and-drag! While trying to help someone find the perfect remote desktop / remote control / VNC / etc.

Click and drag