Device and method for processing user input

An apparatus, comprising:

• an output interface of a mobile device configured to play a track or a video;
• a touchscreen configured to detect a first swipe gesture over a media player interface that controls the playing of the track or the video along a first direction while a media player application is playing the track or the video by using the output interface;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• in response to the first swipe gesture along the first direction, cause the media player application to pause the playing of the track or the video;
• wherein
• the touchscreen is further configured to detect a second swipe gesture over the media player interface that controls the playing of the track or the video along a second direction substantially opposite the first direction;
• and
• the one or more processors are further configured to:
• in response to detecting the second swipe gesture over the same media player interface as the first swipe gesture and along the second direction substantially opposite the first direction, cause the media player application to resume the playing of the track or the video.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

• playing, by a media player application, a track or a video through an output interface of a mobile device including a touchscreen;
• detecting, by the touchscreen, a first swipe gesture over a media player interface that controls the playing of the track or the video along a first direction while the media player application is playing the track or the video;
• in response to the first swipe gesture along the first direction, pausing, by the media player application, the playing of the track or the video;
• detecting, by the touchscreen, a second swipe gesture over the media player interface that controls the playing of the track or the video along a second direction substantially opposite the first direction;
• and
• in response to detecting the second swipe gesture over the same media player interface as the first swipe gesture and along the second direction substantially opposite the first direction, cause the media player application to resume the playing of the track or the video.