Android might be getting native drag-and-drop feature at some point

Patents are a wonderful things. They give us some insight on what tech companies are working on, but they can be a double-edged sword, as a lot of them never actually make it to a finished product. This is why we shouldn't take everything we find in patents for granted.

However, this one feels like it would make sense if it's implemented. The patent in question is granted to Google, and it covers “Drag-and-drop on a mobile device”. And while we have some drag-and-drop support in Android already, this patent looks to extend on it.

According to the documentation, this new drag-and-drop ...