{"id":6790,"date":"2016-07-06T18:09:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T18:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abstracta.us\/?p=6790"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:21:12","slug":"5-ipad-gestures-testers-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/mobile-testing\/5-ipad-gestures-testers-know\/","title":{"rendered":"5 iPad Gestures Testers Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Go to www.addthis.com\/dashboard to customize your tools --><script src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-58d80a50fc4f926d\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">When testing an iPad app, how can you be sure that you\u2019re testing all the gestures that users will try to use?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">At the end of 2015, more than 3.2 billion people worldwide were using the Internet and over 7 million mobile subscriptions existed. For applications to succeed and actually be widely used, they must have a minimal amount of errors or bugs. With the evolution of technology, touchscreen mobile devices have incorporated hand gestures that facilitate user interactions with applications. These gestures allow us to enlarge apps, minimize them, hide them, use two at the same time, switch between them, divide the keyboard to make typing easier, and more. Users are accustomed to them and want to be able to use them with every application. Therefore, it\u2019s up to us testers to examine how an app will react to gestures before the user does. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In this post, we will be focusing on 5 iPad gestures that testers should know and consider when testing on this device.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Swipe_up_with_4_or_5_Fingers\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">1. Swipe up with 4 or 5\u00a0Fingers<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should have multiple active applications open on the iPad and be able to see the one you are currently testing. When you swipe up on the screen with four or five fingers, it goes directly to the multitasking view in iOS and all the active applications on the device are displayed in the form of swipeable cards. You can touch a card to switch applications or slide down with four or five fingers to return to the application you are testing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Swipe_the_Screen_Horizontally_with_4_or_5_Fingers\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">2. Swipe the Screen Horizontally with 4 or 5 Fingers<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">This is a very similar gesture to the one described above but you can switch between applications without accessing the iOS multitasking view. Again, say you have multiple active applications on the iPad in addition to the one \u00a0you\u2019re testing, by sliding the screen horizontally to the right or left you can go from app to app, viewing whichever one you want. Then you could always return to see the one you are testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Pinch_the_Screen_with_5_Fingers\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">3. Pinch the Screen with 5 Fingers<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">This gesture allows users at any moment to avoid pressing the home button to return to the main screen. You do it by \u201cpinching\u201d the application under test with five fingers. When you do this, the size of the app minimizes until it disappears and you are left looking at the home screen. After doing this gesture, you can reopen the app via its icon on the home screen of the device. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Note: For those who have never done this gesture before, here\u2019s how to do it: open your hand and touch the center of the screen with all 5 fingers, then slowly close your hand while touching the screen with your fingertips. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Swipe_your_Finger_from_the_Right_to_the_Left_to_Display_the_Multitask_Option\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">4. Swipe your Finger from the Right to the Left to Display the Multitask Option<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Maintaining the iPad in a horizontal position, slide your finger from the right to the left from the right lateral panel to visualize the multitask option on the device. Here, your email client or browser can be seen. You can also access other applications from this option if you slide a finger down from the gray indicator displayed in the upper right edge, deploying a sidebar. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Note: Make sure that you have the multitasking feature turned on under the iPad\u2019s general settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Divide_the_Keyboard_with_2_Fingers\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">5. Divide the Keyboard with 2 Fingers<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">This gesture allows us to separate the keyboard into two parts. You do it by positioning two fingers in the center of the keyboard and then sliding them both in opposite directions. For users that like to type with just their thumbs, doing this will make it easier to do so. You can also do it through Settings\/General\/Keyboards and change the settings of the keyboard to divided keyboard. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">The most common bugs that we can find when testing these gestures are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Crashes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Lockout screens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Loss of animations (if applicable)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Incorrect functioning of the components of the user graphic interface <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Inaccessible options in the areas of the screen that you can see when the keyboard is divided<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Because of the severity of the bugs and the fact that iPad users tend to use these gestures frequently, testers should include them in their tests to check the behavior of the application and in that way, improve the user experience. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a good visual of these iPad gestures\u00a0that testers should know, check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j6ddjffJAi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">What are some common bugs that you notice when testing an application\u2019s behavior around\u00a0gestures?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recommended_for_You\"><\/span><strong>Recommended for You<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/mobile-testing\/mobile-accessibility-testing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Infographic] What is Mobile Accessibility and Why is it Important?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/test-automation\/optimize-test-coverage-long-term\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Optimize Test Coverage in the Long-Term<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When testing an iPad app, how can you be sure that you\u2019re testing all the gestures that users will try to use? 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