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Hi just wondering whether or not to add a pull to refresh in my app. I am used to ios so i know the pull to refresh feature well and i like it however i am unsure whether or not this is a standard in android.

Should i use pull to refresh or stick with a standard refresh button

Michael Celey
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    as I found some (but very few) devices not have over scrolling that's why it is not very much genral in android.......... – Dheeresh Singh Jun 19 '12 at 13:16
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    Both the iconic facebook and twitter apps have it. Whether or not it's a "standard", people have seen it and will not be surprised by it. – Paul-Jan Jun 19 '12 at 13:51

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You can find the samples to pull to refresh here in these two links

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Link2

and here is the Stack overflow discussion

SO discussion

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Abhi
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The "recommended" use case for refresh on Android is a button in the Action Bar. That said, as Paul-Jan mentioned, the Facebook and Twitter apps both use it, and I think it's actually a very nice and intuitive UI pattern. I would maybe suggest going with both -- a refresh button in the Action Bar as well as pull to refresh.

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