Phases

Touches have life cycles. Each touch can pass through any of five phases that represent the progress of the touch within an interface. These phases are as follows:

Image UITouchPhaseBeganStarts when the user touches the screen.

Image UITouchPhaseMovedMeans a touch has moved on the screen.

Image UITouchPhaseStationaryIndicates that a touch remains on the screen surface but that there has not been any movement since the previous event.

UITouchPhaseEnded ...

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