Is there any way to test multi-touch on the Android Emulator?

I finally discovered how to do a pinch-zoom on the Android emulator for Android Studio 3.2. This was hard to find, but hope it helps someone.

  • move your mouse to where you want the centre of the pinch zoom. (do NOT press the mouse button)
  • press SHIFT (do not press the mouse button)
  • press Command (do not press the mouse button)
  • you should see a round target under your mouse (you haven’t pressed the mouse button yet, have you)
  • move your mouse away from this first location to where you want your second “finger”
  • now you can press/drag your mouse to do the pinch/zoom

That was easy – or not.

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