mapbox-gestures-android
An Android library that detects and handles user gestures such as scale, rotate, move, shove and tap. It is used for touch interaction in map apps.
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Overview
Mapbox Gestures for Android is a library that wraps GestureDetectorCompat and adds detectors for scale, rotate, move, shove and tap gestures. It was inspired by the Android Gesture Detector Framework and offers the same functionality with some extras. It is used inside the Mapbox Maps SDK for Android, and the repository includes a sample app that shows the API in use.
Key features
- Detectors for scale, rotate, move, shove and tap
- Wraps GestureDetectorCompat
- Includes a sample app in the repository
- Used by the Mapbox Maps SDK for Android
Best for
Android developers who need multi touch gesture handling in a map or custom view. Documentation is on the Mapbox Maps Guides user interaction page.
- Upstream
- mapbox/mapbox-gestures-android
- Fork on GitHub
- Guo-astro/mapbox-gestures-android
- Upstream stars
- 30
- Category
- Maps and geospatial
- Language
- Java
- License
- Custom license (see repository)
- Forked
- 2020-11-01
- Sync status
- In syncLast synced 2026-09-29
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