Understanding Your Device 21Screen NavigationTapTap items to select or launch them. For example:• Tap the on-screen keyboard to enter characters or text.• Tap a menu item to select it.• Tap an application’s icon to launch the application.Touch and HoldActivate on-screen items. For example:• Touch and hold a widget on the home screen to move it.• Touch and hold on a field to display a pop-up menu of options.Swipe, Flick, or SlideSwipe, flick, or slide your finger vertically or horizontally acrossthe screen. For example:• Unlocking the screen• Scrolling the Home screens or a menuPinchUse two fingers, such as your index finger andthumb, to make an inward pinch motion on thescreen, as if you are picking something up, oran outward motion by sweeping your fingersout. For example:• Pinch a photo in Gallery to zoom in.• Pinch a webpage to zoom in or out.NotificationsNotification icons appear in the System Bar, to the left of the Timewhen you receive a notification. Notifications indicate the arrivalof Gmail, Email, alarms, calendar events, and so on.Tap a Notification icon for more detail. For example, tap theavailable Wi-Fi network icon to see available wirelessconnections.Tap the Time field to open the Notifications list to view all of yourcurrent notifications. Tap a Notification in the list to display theitem. For example, tap a Gmail entry to open the Gmailapplication and view the message.Most apps that send notifications, such as Gmail and GoogleTalk, have their own settings, which you can use to configurewhether and how they send notifications, whether they sound aringtone, and so on. See the documentation for those apps fordetails.TimeNotification icons
