Long-pressing the back button enables the user to view a list of previously visited screens, while a single tap, as usual, takes them back to the immediate previous screen.

**Pros:**
- Great for power users.
- Intuitive use of basic user instinct.

**Cons:**
- Users might not always promptly remember or discover that holding the back button reveals a history list.

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Reverse Navigation Typologies

The Back button allows users to navigate recently viewed screens in reverse chronological order.
- The Back button (A) in the Android navigation bar
-  The Back button (B) in a web browser

Back Buttons

Most mobile web browsers, use an action button to switch tabs. Also, this pattern is used in Androids and iOS to switch between apps.
Pros: This pattern is very forward in action as you get exactly what this is intended for.
Cons: This, however will affect greatly on the overall experience of the app. Users seek for something more comfortable from an app, they may get disappointed at the browser-like feeling it provides.

Tab Switch

Pros: Most of the people already know that if you tap on this three bar ( ☰ ), you will get a list of something!
Cons: But most people will tap this button to navigate to their profile, signing out and other stuff. If we use the same thing for going back, that might create some confusion and users might take time to get used to it.

Hamburger Menu

Pros: This is a great way to show users current location in the hierarchy and they can choose to go back in this hierarchy pretty easily.
Cons: Displaying breadcrumb in the mobile display isn’t an easy task. Many screen/activity may have long name that might create confusion.

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