Swipe Back like Pinterest or Tumblr

Question

Does anybody has an idea how Pinterest or Tumblr has implemented there \"swipe back\" method.

i.e. on Pinterest you can click on a post on the news feed. Than the

Answer 1

I would suggest doing the following:

Firstly detect the gesture that the user is doing in the device. You can refer to this link

I am not going to copy the relevant code from the above link, as I believe it is the accepted answer

Secondly you can in this method

public void onSwipeLeft() {
    Toast.makeText(MyActivity.this, "left", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

Do the following as suggested by this question

They there talk about finishing an activity with an animation

Look into doing it through a theme. You can define enter exit animations for activities or the entire application

Hope this helps you