User Activation

Context

User activation and user gesture are two different ways of interacting with a smartphone. User activation is when the user interacts with the device by tapping on the screen or pressing a button. User gesture is when the user interacts with the device by using gestures such as swiping, pinching, or zooming. User gestures are often used for navigation and can be more intuitive than user activation. For example, on some Android devices, you can use a gesture to go back to the previous screen instead of pressing the back button. On Samsung Galaxy phones, you can use finger sensor gestures to open or close the notification panel by swiping up or down on the fingerprint sensor.