Use Pinch Zoom Gestures in Mobile Tests
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What changed in this article
- Renamed the page to describe pinch zoom gestures instead of a vague “Zoom In and Zoom
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Validation workflow
- Confirm the application supports pinch zoom and
zoom gestures. The following example shows this function in Google Maps.
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