# \[Android\] Detect Pinch Gestures

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-detect-pinch-gestures/1599>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [July 8, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-detect-pinch-gestures/1599 "2018-07-08T18:13:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![l-winston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@l-winston](https://discourse.processing.org/u/l-winston)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-detect-pinch-gestures/1599/1 "2018-07-08T18:13:08Z")

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I want to be able to detect if the user is pinching/spreading on an android app. How can I do this?

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**Author:** ![DogeMastr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/dogemastr/32/689_2.png) [@DogeMastr](https://discourse.processing.org/u/DogeMastr)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-detect-pinch-gestures/1599/2 "2018-07-08T21:00:06Z")

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I haven’t tried this myself but this library looks like it could work for you!  
[http://ketai.org/reference/ui/ketaigesture/](http://ketai.org/reference/ui/ketaigesture/)

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