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Pull to refresh

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

phraseCommon term

In software engineering, pull to refresh means: A gesture in which the user drags the top of a list downward and releases it to load the newest content, while a small spinner shows that it is loading.

In Turkish: çekerek yenileme, aşağı çekip yenileme

How it is used

Common in feeds, inboxes and order lists. Written with hyphens before a noun (a pull-to-refresh gesture). On iOS it is built with UIRefreshControl or SwiftUI's refreshable, and on Android with SwipeRefreshLayout or Compose's pull-to-refresh components.

Example sentences

  1. Pull to refresh on the orders screen doesn't show the new order until you restart the app.

  2. Users expect pull-to-refresh on every list.

Common collocations

  • pull-to-refresh gesture
  • refresh indicator
  • add pull to refresh
  • refresh the list
  • scrollTo move the content of a screen up, down or sideways to see more of it, usually by sliding a finger across a list or page.
  • swipeTo move a finger quickly across the screen in one direction, for example to see the next photo, delete an item in a list or go back.
  • syncTo make the data on the device and on the server the same by sending local changes and downloading new ones; short for synchronize.
  • network requestA message an app sends over the internet to a server, for example to load a list or save a form, together with the response it waits for.

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