# Performing Complex Gestures

Perform pinch, zoom, multi-touch, drag, swipe, and long-press gestures in Endtest Mobile Tests, for both iOS and Android applications.

Part of the Endtest documentation (Mobile Tests). Canonical URL: https://endtest.io/docs/mobile-tests/performing-complex-gestures

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## Introduction
    
In some scenarios, your test might need to perform complex gestures.
    
For example, pinching and zooming on a map.
    
You can combine multiple `Touch Actions` into a `Sequence`
    
Additionally, you can combine multiple `Sequences` into a `Multi Touch Actions Sequence`.
    
## Actions
    
### 1. Set Touch Action
    
The `Set Touch Action` allows you to define a **Touch Action**:
    
- **Tap and Hold**
- **Move**
- **Release**
    
![Endtest Set Touch Action](https://app.endtest.io/images/set_touch_action_docs.jpg)
    
**Names** must be provided for each `Touch Action`.
    
These names will be used when executing the `Touch Actions` or when combining them into a `Sequence`.
    
 Adding a `Set Touch Action` step will **not** execute that `Touch Action` it will only define it. 
    
### 2. Execute Touch Actions Sequence
    
After defining the `Touch Actions` with `Set Touch Action` steps, you can execute them with an `Execute Touch Actions Sequence` step.
    
The **names** of the defined `Touch Actions` must be provided, separated by `+` signs.
    
![Endtest Execute Touch Actions Sequence](https://app.endtest.io/images/execute_touch_actions_doc.jpg "Endtest Execute Touch Actions Sequence")
    
### 3. Set Touch Actions Sequence
    
This action can be used if you want to store multiple `Touch Actions` in a `Sequence`.
    
 Adding a `Set Touch Actions Sequence` step will **not** execute the `Sequence`; it will only define it. 
    
![Endtest Set Touch Actions Sequence](https://app.endtest.io/images/set_touch_actions_sequence.jpg "Endtest Set Touch Actions Sequence")
    
**Names** must be provided for each `Sequence`.
    
These names will be used when executing the `Sequences`.
    
    
### 4. Execute Multi Touch Actions Sequence
    
This action can be used to execute multiple `Sequences` at the same time.
    
A good example is when you want to pinch and zoom on a map.
    
Both fingers would perform separate `Sequences` simultaneously.
    
![Endtest Execute Multi Touch Actions Sequence](https://app.endtest.io/images/execute_multi_touch_actions_sequence.jpg)
    
The **names** of the defined `Sequences` must be provided, separated by `+` signs.

> To understand a complex gesture, it's best to first break down that gesture into `Sequences`.
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> Then, break down those `Sequences` into `Touch Actions`.
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> For example, pinching and zooming on a map is a gesture.
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> That gesture is made up of 2 `Sequences`.
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> Each finger will perform a separate `Sequence` simultaneously.
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> Each `Sequence` is defined by 3 `Touch Actions` (`Tap`, `Move`, `Release`), executed one after another.