diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/shared/PlayerControlsVisibilityObserver.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/shared/PlayerControlsVisibilityObserver.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b588665a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/shared/PlayerControlsVisibilityObserver.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package app.revanced.integrations.shared
+
+import android.app.Activity
+import android.view.View
+import android.view.ViewGroup
+import app.revanced.integrations.utils.ReVancedUtils
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
+
+/**
+ * default implementation of [PlayerControlsVisibilityObserver]
+ *
+ * @param activity activity that contains the controls_layout view
+ */
+class PlayerControlsVisibilityObserverImpl(
+    private val activity: Activity
+) : PlayerControlsVisibilityObserver {
+
+    /**
+     * id of the direct parent of controls_layout, R.id.youtube_controls_overlay
+     */
+    private val controlsLayoutParentId =
+        ReVancedUtils.getResourceIdByName(activity, "id", "youtube_controls_overlay")
+
+    /**
+     * id of R.id.controls_layout
+     */
+    private val controlsLayoutId =
+        ReVancedUtils.getResourceIdByName(activity, "id", "controls_layout")
+
+    /**
+     * reference to the controls layout view
+     */
+    private var controlsLayoutView = WeakReference<View>(null)
+
+    /**
+     * is the [controlsLayoutView] set to a valid reference of a view?
+     */
+    private val isAttached: Boolean
+        get() {
+            val view = controlsLayoutView.get()
+            return view != null && view.parent != null
+        }
+
+    /**
+     * find and attach the controls_layout view if needed
+     */
+    private fun maybeAttach() {
+        if (isAttached) return
+
+        // find parent, then controls_layout view
+        // this is needed because there may be two views where id=R.id.controls_layout
+        // because why should google confine themselves to their own guidelines...
+        activity.findViewById<ViewGroup>(controlsLayoutParentId)?.let { parent ->
+            parent.findViewById<View>(controlsLayoutId)?.let {
+                controlsLayoutView = WeakReference(it)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    override val playerControlsVisibility: Int
+        get() {
+            maybeAttach()
+            return controlsLayoutView.get()?.visibility ?: View.GONE
+        }
+
+    override val arePlayerControlsVisible: Boolean
+        get() = playerControlsVisibility == View.VISIBLE
+}
+
+/**
+ * provides the visibility status of the fullscreen player controls_layout view.
+ * this can be used for detecting when the player controls are shown
+ */
+interface PlayerControlsVisibilityObserver {
+    /**
+     * current visibility int of the controls_layout view
+     */
+    val playerControlsVisibility: Int
+
+    /**
+     * is the value of [playerControlsVisibility] equal to [View.VISIBLE]?
+     */
+    val arePlayerControlsVisible: Boolean
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/SwipeControlsHostActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/SwipeControlsHostActivity.kt
index 3a3ec08d..01df7d94 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/SwipeControlsHostActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/SwipeControlsHostActivity.kt
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.AudioVolumeController
 import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.ScreenBrightnessController
 import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.SwipeZonesController
 import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.VolumeKeysController
-import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.NoPtSSwipeGestureController
-import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.SwipeGestureController
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.ClassicSwipeController
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.PressToSwipeController
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.core.GestureController
 import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.Rectangle
 import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.views.SwipeControlsOverlayLayout
 import app.revanced.integrations.utils.LogHelper
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ class SwipeControlsHostActivity : Activity() {
     /**
      * main gesture controller
      */
-    private lateinit var gesture: SwipeGestureController
+    private lateinit var gesture: GestureController
 
     /**
      * main volume keys controller
@@ -71,13 +72,12 @@ class SwipeControlsHostActivity : Activity() {
         // create controllers
         LogHelper.info(this.javaClass, "initializing swipe controls controllers")
         config = SwipeControlsConfigurationProvider(this)
-        gesture = createGestureController()
         keys = VolumeKeysController(this)
         audio = createAudioController()
         screen = createScreenController()
 
         // create overlay
-        SwipeControlsOverlayLayout(this).let {
+        SwipeControlsOverlayLayout(this, config).let {
             overlay = it
             contentRoot.addView(it)
         }
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ class SwipeControlsHostActivity : Activity() {
             )
         }
 
+        // create the gesture controller
+        gesture = createGestureController()
+
         // listen for changes in the player type
         PlayerType.onChange += this::onPlayerTypeChanged
 
@@ -109,13 +112,13 @@ class SwipeControlsHostActivity : Activity() {
     }
 
     override fun dispatchTouchEvent(ev: MotionEvent?): Boolean {
-        return if ((ev != null) && gesture.onTouchEvent(ev)) true else {
+        return if ((ev != null) && gesture.submitTouchEvent(ev)) true else {
             super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev)
         }
     }
 
     override fun dispatchKeyEvent(ev: KeyEvent?): Boolean {
-        return if((ev != null) && keys.onKeyEvent(ev)) true else {
+        return if ((ev != null) && keys.onKeyEvent(ev)) true else {
             super.dispatchKeyEvent(ev)
         }
     }
@@ -163,8 +166,8 @@ class SwipeControlsHostActivity : Activity() {
      */
     private fun createGestureController() =
         if (config.shouldEnablePressToSwipe)
-            SwipeGestureController(this)
-        else NoPtSSwipeGestureController(this)
+            PressToSwipeController(this)
+        else ClassicSwipeController(this)
 
     companion object {
         /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/ClassicSwipeController.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/ClassicSwipeController.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e218578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/ClassicSwipeController.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture
+
+import android.view.MotionEvent
+import app.revanced.integrations.shared.PlayerControlsVisibilityObserver
+import app.revanced.integrations.shared.PlayerControlsVisibilityObserverImpl
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.SwipeControlsHostActivity
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.core.BaseGestureController
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.core.SwipeDetector
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.contains
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.toPoint
+
+/**
+ * provides the classic swipe controls experience, as it was with 'XFenster'
+ *
+ * @param controller reference to the main swipe controller
+ */
+class ClassicSwipeController(
+    private val controller: SwipeControlsHostActivity
+) : BaseGestureController(controller),
+    PlayerControlsVisibilityObserver by PlayerControlsVisibilityObserverImpl(controller) {
+    /**
+     * the last event captured in [onDown]
+     */
+    private var lastOnDownEvent: MotionEvent? = null
+
+    override val shouldForceInterceptEvents: Boolean
+        get() = currentSwipe == SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.VERTICAL
+
+    override fun isInSwipeZone(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
+        val inVolumeZone = if (controller.config.enableVolumeControls)
+            (motionEvent.toPoint() in controller.zones.volume) else false
+        val inBrightnessZone = if (controller.config.enableBrightnessControl)
+            (motionEvent.toPoint() in controller.zones.brightness) else false
+
+        return inVolumeZone || inBrightnessZone
+    }
+
+    override fun shouldDropMotion(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
+        // ignore gestures with more than one pointer
+        // when such a gesture is detected, dispatch the first event of the gesture to downstream
+        if (motionEvent.pointerCount > 1) {
+            lastOnDownEvent?.let {
+                controller.dispatchDownstreamTouchEvent(it)
+                it.recycle()
+            }
+            lastOnDownEvent = null
+            return true
+        }
+
+        // ignore gestures when player controls are visible
+        return arePlayerControlsVisible
+    }
+
+    override fun onDown(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
+        // save the event for later
+        lastOnDownEvent?.recycle()
+        lastOnDownEvent = MotionEvent.obtain(motionEvent)
+
+        // must be inside swipe zone
+        return isInSwipeZone(motionEvent)
+    }
+
+    override fun onSingleTapUp(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
+        MotionEvent.obtain(motionEvent).let {
+            it.action = MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN
+            controller.dispatchDownstreamTouchEvent(it)
+            it.recycle()
+        }
+
+        return false
+    }
+
+    override fun onDoubleTapEvent(motionEvent: MotionEvent?): Boolean {
+        MotionEvent.obtain(motionEvent).let {
+            controller.dispatchDownstreamTouchEvent(it)
+            it.recycle()
+        }
+
+        return super.onDoubleTapEvent(motionEvent)
+    }
+
+    override fun onLongPress(motionEvent: MotionEvent?) {
+        MotionEvent.obtain(motionEvent).let {
+            controller.dispatchDownstreamTouchEvent(it)
+            it.recycle()
+        }
+
+        super.onLongPress(motionEvent)
+    }
+
+    override fun onSwipe(
+        from: MotionEvent,
+        to: MotionEvent,
+        distanceX: Double,
+        distanceY: Double
+    ): Boolean {
+        // cancel if not vertical
+        if (currentSwipe != SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.VERTICAL) return false
+        return when (from.toPoint()) {
+            in controller.zones.volume -> {
+                scrollVolume(distanceY)
+                true
+            }
+            in controller.zones.brightness -> {
+                scrollBrightness(distanceY)
+                true
+            }
+            else -> false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/NoPtSSwipeGestureController.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/NoPtSSwipeGestureController.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ba682ff..00000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/NoPtSSwipeGestureController.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture
-
-import android.view.MotionEvent
-import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.SwipeControlsHostActivity
-
-/**
- * [SwipeGestureController], but with press-to-swipe disabled because a lot of people dislike the feature.
- * If you want to change something, try to do it in [SwipeGestureController] so that both configurations can benefit from it
- */
-class NoPtSSwipeGestureController(controller: SwipeControlsHostActivity) :
-    SwipeGestureController(controller) {
-
-    /**
-     * to disable press-to-swipe, we have to become press-to-swipe
-     */
-    override var inSwipeSession
-        get() = true
-        set(_) {}
-
-    override fun onLongPress(e: MotionEvent?) {
-        if (e == null) return
-
-        // send GestureDetector a ACTION_CANCEL event so it will handle further events
-        // if this is left out, swipe-to-dismiss is triggered when scrolling down
-        e.action = MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL
-        detector.onTouchEvent(e)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/PressToSwipeController.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/PressToSwipeController.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2575c814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/PressToSwipeController.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture
+
+import android.view.MotionEvent
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.SwipeControlsHostActivity
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.core.BaseGestureController
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.core.SwipeDetector
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.contains
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.toPoint
+
+/**
+ * provides the press-to-swipe (PtS) swipe controls experience
+ *
+ * @param controller reference to the main swipe controller
+ */
+class PressToSwipeController(
+    private val controller: SwipeControlsHostActivity
+) : BaseGestureController(controller) {
+    /**
+     * monitors if the user is currently in a swipe session.
+     */
+    private var isInSwipeSession = false
+
+    override val shouldForceInterceptEvents: Boolean
+        get() = currentSwipe == SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.VERTICAL && isInSwipeSession
+
+    override fun shouldDropMotion(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean = false
+
+    override fun isInSwipeZone(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
+        val inVolumeZone = if (controller.config.enableVolumeControls)
+            (motionEvent.toPoint() in controller.zones.volume) else false
+        val inBrightnessZone = if (controller.config.enableBrightnessControl)
+            (motionEvent.toPoint() in controller.zones.brightness) else false
+
+        return inVolumeZone || inBrightnessZone
+    }
+
+    override fun onUp(motionEvent: MotionEvent) {
+        super.onUp(motionEvent)
+        isInSwipeSession = false
+    }
+
+    override fun onLongPress(motionEvent: MotionEvent) {
+        // enter swipe session with feedback
+        isInSwipeSession = true
+        controller.overlay.onEnterSwipeSession()
+
+        // send GestureDetector a ACTION_CANCEL event so it will handle further events
+        motionEvent.action = MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL
+        detector.onTouchEvent(motionEvent)
+    }
+
+    override fun onSwipe(
+        from: MotionEvent,
+        to: MotionEvent,
+        distanceX: Double,
+        distanceY: Double
+    ): Boolean {
+        // cancel if not in swipe session or vertical
+        if (!isInSwipeSession || currentSwipe != SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.VERTICAL) return false
+        return when (from.toPoint()) {
+            in controller.zones.volume -> {
+                scrollVolume(distanceY)
+                true
+            }
+            in controller.zones.brightness -> {
+                scrollBrightness(distanceY)
+                true
+            }
+            else -> false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/SwipeGestureController.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/SwipeGestureController.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index b298079b..00000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/SwipeGestureController.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,232 +0,0 @@
-package app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture
-
-import android.util.TypedValue
-import android.view.GestureDetector
-import android.view.MotionEvent
-import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.SwipeControlsHostActivity
-import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.ScrollDistanceHelper
-import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.applyDimension
-import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.contains
-import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.toPoint
-import app.revanced.integrations.utils.LogHelper
-import kotlin.math.abs
-import kotlin.math.pow
-
-/**
- * base gesture controller for volume and brightness swipe controls controls, with press-to-swipe enabled
- * for the controller without press-to-swipe, see [NoPtSSwipeGestureController]
- *
- * @param controller reference to main controller instance
- */
-@Suppress("LeakingThis")
-open class SwipeGestureController(
-    private val controller: SwipeControlsHostActivity
-) :
-    GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener() {
-
-    /**
-     * the main gesture detector that powers everything
-     */
-    protected open val detector = GestureDetector(controller, this)
-
-    /**
-     * to enable swipe controls, users must first long- press. this flags monitors that long- press
-     * NOTE: if you dislike press-to-swipe, and want it disabled, have a look at [NoPtSSwipeGestureController]. it does exactly that
-     */
-    protected open var inSwipeSession = true
-
-    /**
-     * currently in- progress swipe
-     */
-    protected open var currentSwipe: SwipeDirection = SwipeDirection.NONE
-
-    /**
-     * were downstream event cancelled already? used by [onScroll]
-     */
-    protected open var didCancelDownstream = false
-
-    /**
-     * should [onTouchEvent] force- intercept all touch events?
-     */
-    protected open val shouldForceInterceptEvents: Boolean
-        get() = currentSwipe == SwipeDirection.VERTICAL && inSwipeSession
-
-    /**
-     * scroller for volume adjustment
-     */
-    protected open val volumeScroller = ScrollDistanceHelper(
-        10.applyDimension(
-            controller,
-            TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP
-        )
-    ) { _, _, direction ->
-        controller.audio?.apply {
-            volume += direction
-            controller.overlay.onVolumeChanged(volume, maxVolume)
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * scroller for screen brightness adjustment
-     */
-    protected open val brightnessScroller = ScrollDistanceHelper(
-        1.applyDimension(
-            controller,
-            TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP
-        )
-    ) { _, _, direction ->
-        controller.screen?.apply {
-            if (screenBrightness > 0 || direction > 0) {
-                screenBrightness += direction
-            } else {
-                restoreDefaultBrightness()
-            }
-
-            controller.overlay.onBrightnessChanged(screenBrightness)
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * touch event callback
-     *
-     * @param motionEvent the motion event that was received
-     * @return intercept the event? if true, child views will not receive the event
-     */
-    fun onTouchEvent(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
-        if (!controller.config.enableSwipeControls) {
-            return false
-        }
-        if (motionEvent.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
-            onUp(motionEvent)
-        }
-
-        return if (shouldForceInterceptEvents || inSwipeZone(motionEvent)) {
-            detector.onTouchEvent(motionEvent) or shouldForceInterceptEvents
-        } else false
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * check if provided motion event is in any active swipe zone?
-     *
-     * @param e the event to check
-     * @return is the event in any active swipe zone?
-     */
-    open fun inSwipeZone(e: MotionEvent): Boolean {
-        val inVolumeZone = if (controller.config.enableVolumeControls)
-            (e.toPoint() in controller.zones.volume) else false
-        val inBrightnessZone = if (controller.config.enableBrightnessControl)
-            (e.toPoint() in controller.zones.brightness) else false
-
-        return inVolumeZone || inBrightnessZone
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * custom handler for ACTION_UP event, because GestureDetector doesn't offer that :|
-     * basically just resets all flags to non- swiping values
-     *
-     * @param e the motion event
-     */
-    open fun onUp(e: MotionEvent) {
-        LogHelper.debug(this.javaClass, "onUp(${e.x}, ${e.y}, ${e.action})")
-        inSwipeSession = false
-        currentSwipe = SwipeDirection.NONE
-        didCancelDownstream = false
-        volumeScroller.reset()
-        brightnessScroller.reset()
-    }
-
-    override fun onLongPress(e: MotionEvent?) {
-        if (e == null) return
-        LogHelper.debug(this.javaClass, "onLongPress(${e.x}, ${e.y}, ${e.action})")
-
-        // enter swipe session with feedback
-        inSwipeSession = true
-        controller.overlay.onEnterSwipeSession()
-
-        // send GestureDetector a ACTION_CANCEL event so it will handle further events
-        e.action = MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL
-        detector.onTouchEvent(e)
-    }
-
-    override fun onScroll(
-        eFrom: MotionEvent?,
-        eTo: MotionEvent?,
-        disX: Float,
-        disY: Float
-    ): Boolean {
-        if (eFrom == null || eTo == null) return false
-        LogHelper.debug(
-            this.javaClass,
-            "onScroll(from: [${eFrom.x}, ${eFrom.y}, ${eFrom.action}], to: [${eTo.x}, ${eTo.y}, ${eTo.action}], d: [$disX, $disY])"
-        )
-
-        return when (currentSwipe) {
-            // no swipe direction was detected yet, try to detect one
-            // if the user did not swipe far enough, we cannot detect what direction they swiped
-            // so we wait until a greater distance was swiped
-            // NOTE: sqrt() can be high- cost, so using squared magnitudes here
-            SwipeDirection.NONE -> {
-                val deltaX = abs(eTo.x - eFrom.x)
-                val deltaY = abs(eTo.y - eFrom.y)
-                val swipeMagnitudeSquared = deltaX.pow(2) + deltaY.pow(2)
-                if (swipeMagnitudeSquared > controller.config.swipeMagnitudeThreshold.pow(2)) {
-                    currentSwipe = if (deltaY > deltaX) {
-                        SwipeDirection.VERTICAL
-                    } else {
-                        SwipeDirection.HORIZONTAL
-                    }
-                }
-
-                return false
-            }
-
-            // horizontal swipe, we should leave this one for downstream to handle
-            SwipeDirection.HORIZONTAL -> false
-
-            // vertical swipe, could be for us
-            SwipeDirection.VERTICAL -> {
-                if (!inSwipeSession) {
-                    // not in swipe session, let downstream handle this one
-                    return false
-                }
-
-                // vertical & in swipe session, handle this one:
-                // first, send ACTION_CANCEL to downstream to let them known they should stop tracking events
-                if (!didCancelDownstream) {
-                    val eCancel = MotionEvent.obtain(eFrom)
-                    eCancel.action = MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL
-                    controller.dispatchDownstreamTouchEvent(eCancel)
-                    eCancel.recycle()
-                    didCancelDownstream = true
-                }
-
-                // then, process the event
-                when (eFrom.toPoint()) {
-                    in controller.zones.volume -> volumeScroller.add(disY.toDouble())
-                    in controller.zones.brightness -> brightnessScroller.add(disY.toDouble())
-                }
-                return true
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * direction of a swipe
-     */
-    enum class SwipeDirection {
-        /**
-         * swipe has no direction or no swipe
-         */
-        NONE,
-
-        /**
-         * swipe along the X- Axes
-         */
-        HORIZONTAL,
-
-        /**
-         * swipe along the Y- Axes
-         */
-        VERTICAL
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/BaseGestureController.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/BaseGestureController.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46cd8dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/BaseGestureController.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.core
+
+import android.view.GestureDetector
+import android.view.MotionEvent
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.SwipeControlsHostActivity
+
+/**
+ * the common base of all [GestureController] classes.
+ * handles most of the boilerplate code needed for gesture detection
+ *
+ * @param controller reference to the main swipe controller
+ */
+abstract class BaseGestureController(
+    private val controller: SwipeControlsHostActivity
+) : GestureController,
+    GestureDetector.SimpleOnGestureListener(),
+    SwipeDetector by SwipeDetectorImpl(
+        controller.config.swipeMagnitudeThreshold.toDouble()
+    ),
+    VolumeAndBrightnessScroller by VolumeAndBrightnessScrollerImpl(
+        controller,
+        controller.audio,
+        controller.screen,
+        controller.overlay,
+        10,
+        1
+    ) {
+
+    /**
+     * the main gesture detector that powers everything
+     */
+    @Suppress("LeakingThis")
+    protected val detector = GestureDetector(controller, this)
+
+    /**
+     * were downstream event cancelled already? used in [onScroll]
+     */
+    private var didCancelDownstream = false
+
+    override fun submitTouchEvent(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean {
+        // ignore if swipe is disabled
+        if (!controller.config.enableSwipeControls) {
+            return false
+        }
+
+        // create a copy of the event so we can modify it
+        // without causing any issues downstream
+        val me = MotionEvent.obtain(motionEvent)
+
+        // check if we should drop this motion
+        val dropped = shouldDropMotion(me)
+        if (dropped) {
+            me.action = MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL
+        }
+
+        // send the event to the detector
+        // if we force intercept events, the event is always consumed
+        val consumed = detector.onTouchEvent(me) || shouldForceInterceptEvents
+
+        // invoke the custom onUp handler
+        if (me.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP || me.action == MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL) {
+            onUp(me)
+        }
+
+        // recycle the copy
+        me.recycle()
+
+        // do not consume dropped events
+        // or events outside of any swipe zone
+        return !dropped && consumed && isInSwipeZone(me)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * custom handler for [MotionEvent.ACTION_UP] event, because GestureDetector doesn't offer that :|
+     *
+     * @param motionEvent the motion event
+     */
+    open fun onUp(motionEvent: MotionEvent) {
+        didCancelDownstream = false
+        resetSwipe()
+        resetScroller()
+    }
+
+    override fun onScroll(
+        from: MotionEvent,
+        to: MotionEvent,
+        distanceX: Float,
+        distanceY: Float
+    ): Boolean {
+        // submit to swipe detector
+        submitForSwipe(from, to, distanceX, distanceY)
+
+        // call swipe callback if in a swipe
+        return if (currentSwipe != SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.NONE) {
+            val consumed = onSwipe(
+                from,
+                to,
+                distanceX.toDouble(),
+                distanceY.toDouble()
+            )
+
+            // if the swipe was consumed, cancel downstream events once
+            if (consumed && !didCancelDownstream) {
+                didCancelDownstream = true
+                MotionEvent.obtain(from).let {
+                    it.action = MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL
+                    controller.dispatchDownstreamTouchEvent(it)
+                    it.recycle()
+                }
+            }
+
+            consumed
+        } else false
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * should [submitTouchEvent] force- intercept all touch events?
+     */
+    abstract val shouldForceInterceptEvents: Boolean
+
+    /**
+     * check if provided motion event is in any active swipe zone?
+     *
+     * @param motionEvent the event to check
+     * @return is the event in any active swipe zone?
+     */
+    abstract fun isInSwipeZone(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean
+
+    /**
+     * check if a touch event should be dropped.
+     * when a event is dropped, the gesture detector received a [MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL] event and the event is not consumed
+     *
+     * @param motionEvent the event to check
+     * @return should the event be dropped?
+     */
+    abstract fun shouldDropMotion(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean
+
+    /**
+     * handler for swipe events, once a swipe is detected.
+     * the direction of the swipe can be accessed in [currentSwipe]
+     *
+     * @param from start event of the swipe
+     * @param to end event of the swipe
+     * @param distanceX the horizontal distance of the swipe
+     * @param distanceY the vertical distance of the swipe
+     * @return was the event consumed?
+     */
+    abstract fun onSwipe(
+        from: MotionEvent,
+        to: MotionEvent,
+        distanceX: Double,
+        distanceY: Double
+    ): Boolean
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/GestureController.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/GestureController.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21cb33bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/GestureController.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.core
+
+import android.view.MotionEvent
+
+/**
+ * describes a class that accepts motion events and detects gestures
+ */
+interface GestureController {
+    /**
+     * accept a touch event and try to detect the desired gestures using it
+     *
+     * @param motionEvent the motion event that was submitted
+     * @return was a gesture detected?
+     */
+    fun submitTouchEvent(motionEvent: MotionEvent): Boolean
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/SwipeDetector.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/SwipeDetector.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15318239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/SwipeDetector.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.core
+
+import android.view.MotionEvent
+import kotlin.math.abs
+import kotlin.math.pow
+
+/**
+ * describes a class that can detect swipes and their directionality
+ */
+interface SwipeDetector {
+    /**
+     * the currently detected swipe
+     */
+    val currentSwipe: SwipeDirection
+
+    /**
+     * submit a onScroll event for swipe detection
+     *
+     * @param from start event
+     * @param to end event
+     * @param distanceX horizontal scroll distance
+     * @param distanceY vertical scroll distance
+     */
+    fun submitForSwipe(
+        from: MotionEvent,
+        to: MotionEvent,
+        distanceX: Float,
+        distanceY: Float
+    )
+
+    /**
+     * reset the swipe detection
+     */
+    fun resetSwipe()
+
+    /**
+     * direction of a swipe
+     */
+    enum class SwipeDirection {
+        /**
+         * swipe has no direction or no swipe
+         */
+        NONE,
+
+        /**
+         * swipe along the X- Axes
+         */
+        HORIZONTAL,
+
+        /**
+         * swipe along the Y- Axes
+         */
+        VERTICAL
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * detector that can detect swipes and their directionality
+ *
+ * @param swipeMagnitudeThreshold minimum magnitude before a swipe is detected as such
+ */
+class SwipeDetectorImpl(
+    private val swipeMagnitudeThreshold: Double
+) : SwipeDetector {
+    override var currentSwipe = SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.NONE
+
+    override fun submitForSwipe(
+        from: MotionEvent,
+        to: MotionEvent,
+        distanceX: Float,
+        distanceY: Float
+    ) {
+        if (currentSwipe == SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.NONE) {
+            // no swipe direction was detected yet, try to detect one
+            // if the user did not swipe far enough, we cannot detect what direction they swiped
+            // so we wait until a greater distance was swiped
+            // NOTE: sqrt() can be high- cost, so using squared magnitudes here
+            val deltaX = abs(to.x - from.x)
+            val deltaY = abs(to.y - from.y)
+            val swipeMagnitudeSquared = deltaX.pow(2) + deltaY.pow(2)
+            if (swipeMagnitudeSquared > swipeMagnitudeThreshold.pow(2)) {
+                currentSwipe = if (deltaY > deltaX) {
+                    SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.VERTICAL
+                } else {
+                    SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.HORIZONTAL
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun resetSwipe() {
+        currentSwipe = SwipeDetector.SwipeDirection.NONE
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/VolumeAndBrightnessScroller.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/VolumeAndBrightnessScroller.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5212dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/swipecontrols/controller/gesture/core/VolumeAndBrightnessScroller.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.gesture.core
+
+import android.content.Context
+import android.util.TypedValue
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.AudioVolumeController
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.controller.ScreenBrightnessController
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.ScrollDistanceHelper
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.SwipeControlsOverlay
+import app.revanced.integrations.swipecontrols.misc.applyDimension
+
+/**
+ * describes a class that controls volume and brightness based on scrolling events
+ */
+interface VolumeAndBrightnessScroller {
+    /**
+     * submit a scroll for volume adjustment
+     *
+     * @param distance the scroll distance
+     */
+    fun scrollVolume(distance: Double)
+
+    /**
+     * submit a scroll for brightness adjustment
+     *
+     * @param distance the scroll distance
+     */
+    fun scrollBrightness(distance: Double)
+
+    /**
+     * reset all scroll distances to zero
+     */
+    fun resetScroller()
+}
+
+/**
+ * handles scrolling of volume and brightness, adjusts them using the provided controllers and updates the overlay
+ *
+ * @param context context to create the scrollers in
+ * @param volumeController volume controller instance. if null, volume control is disabled
+ * @param screenController screen brightness controller instance. if null, brightness control is disabled
+ * @param overlayController overlay controller instance
+ * @param volumeDistance unit distance for volume scrolling, in dp
+ * @param brightnessDistance unit distance for brightness scrolling, in dp
+ */
+class VolumeAndBrightnessScrollerImpl(
+    context: Context,
+    private val volumeController: AudioVolumeController?,
+    private val screenController: ScreenBrightnessController?,
+    private val overlayController: SwipeControlsOverlay,
+    volumeDistance: Int = 10,
+    brightnessDistance: Int = 1
+) : VolumeAndBrightnessScroller {
+
+    // region volume
+    private val volumeScroller =
+        ScrollDistanceHelper(
+            volumeDistance.applyDimension(
+                context,
+                TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP
+            )
+        ) { _, _, direction ->
+            volumeController?.run {
+                volume += direction
+                overlayController.onVolumeChanged(volume, maxVolume)
+            }
+        }
+
+    override fun scrollVolume(distance: Double) = volumeScroller.add(distance)
+    //endregion
+
+    //region brightness
+    private val brightnessScroller =
+        ScrollDistanceHelper(
+            brightnessDistance.applyDimension(
+                context,
+                TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP
+            )
+        ) { _, _, direction ->
+            screenController?.run {
+                if (screenBrightness > 0 || direction > 0) {
+                    screenBrightness += direction
+                } else {
+                    restoreDefaultBrightness()
+                }
+
+                overlayController.onBrightnessChanged(screenBrightness)
+            }
+        }
+
+    override fun scrollBrightness(distance: Double) = brightnessScroller.add(distance)
+    //endregion
+
+    override fun resetScroller() {
+        volumeScroller.reset()
+        brightnessScroller.reset()
+    }
+}