UIElement Touch Gesture Events
Gestures are a high-level way of interpreting touch input data and include a set of common motions, such as tapping, flicking, and pinching. Controls, such as the WebBrowser, handle gestures such as the pinch gesture internally, allowing the user to pan and zoom in and out of content. By responding to gestures, you can provide a natural and immersive experience for your users.
Support for basic single touch gestures is incorporated into the Windows Phone SDK for XAML apps. Support for more complex gestures is provided by the Windows Phone Toolkit, discussed in the next section.
The sample code for this section is located in the UIElementTouchEventsView.xaml and UIElementTouchEventsView.xaml.cs files, in the Touch ...
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