--- title: Pull-to-Refresh Indicator Concept | daily.dev description: A 2012 post by Chris Banes discussing the discoverability problem with the Pull-to-Refresh pattern on Android. Unlike iOS, Android lacks an overscroll bounce,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pull-to-refresh-indicator-concept-aamonhzxw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pull-to-Refresh Indicator Concept | daily.dev og:description: A 2012 post by Chris Banes discussing the discoverability problem with the Pull-to-Refresh pattern on Android. Unlike iOS, Android lacks an overscroll bounce,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pull-to-refresh-indicator-concept-aamonhzxw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aAMonhzXw.png og:image:alt: Pull-to-Refresh Indicator Concept og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pull-to-Refresh Indicator Concept **[Chris Banes](https://daily.dev/sources/chrisbanes)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A 2012 post by Chris Banes discussing the discoverability problem with the Pull-to-Refresh pattern on Android. Unlike iOS, Android lacks an overscroll bounce, making the gesture hard to discover. Banes proposes and implements a small visual indicator graphic at the top/bottom of the screen in his Android-PullToRefresh library (dev branch, later released in v1.3.0) to hint that the gesture is available, arguing that usability matters more than strict adherence to Pure Android guidelines. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pull-to-refresh-indicator-concept-aamonhzxw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Pull-to-Refresh Indicator Concept","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pull-to-refresh-indicator-concept-aamonhzxw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pull-to-refresh-indicator-concept-aamonhzxw"},"datePublished":"2026-07-05T07:13:42.428Z","dateModified":"2026-07-05T07:16:33.621Z","description":"A 2012 post by Chris Banes discussing the discoverability problem with the Pull-to-Refresh pattern on Android. Unlike iOS, Android lacks an overscroll bounce,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1KxV4ohY--/f_auto/v1722860400/public/Placeholder%2007","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Chris Banes","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Chris Banes","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--TEzRqSgz--/f_auto,q_auto/v1783235595/logos/chrisbanes?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/chrisbanes"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pull-to-refresh-indicator-concept-aamonhzxw","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"android,ux","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chris Banes","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/chrisbanes"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pull-to-Refresh Indicator Concept"}]} ```