Thank you for your reply, I downloaded and installed yamtt (Yet Another MutltiTouch Test) from Android Market. When I place the second finger down it's detected but not when I place the third one down. Still not sure what I'm doing wrong in my code...
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:41 AM, al <[email protected]> wrote: > At first glance, I don't see a fundamental problem with your code > sketch that might cause your problem. I would check if your device is > multitouch-capable. There are many free apps in the market to do this, > for example yamtt. If the device supports mutitouch, it may help to > debug into the onTouchEvent method or to log the event right at the > start of the onTouchEvent method, just to see what's reported... > Not sure about what to do. I have tried with System.out.println() statements but I don't see the ACTION_POINTER_DOWN which should result in a single printf statement since there's no break statement in the code. > Btw. capacitive touch screen indicates the technology used to > recognize touches (a different worse technology to do this are e.g. > resistive screens); multi-touch means the screen an recognize multiple > touches at the same time. So, that's not the same. > > means something different than multitouch: > Thanks for the clarification, I would be satisfied if I could get the second finger going down detected. Any ideas? John Goche > > On 30 Nov., 22:11, John Goche <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have posted this message before but got no repiles > > so I decided to post it again because I need to detect > > when a single second finger goes down while the first > > one is still down on my canvas... here is my old post: > > > > I have an LG Optimus Net (P690) which as far as I understand > > claims to support multitouch (as it sais on the following site: > http://www.mobilespecs.in/2011/10/lg-optimus-net-also-known-as-p690.html > > not sure if capacitive touch screen means the same thing as > > multitouch. > > > > However when I try the following code... > > > > public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) { > > > > int pointerIndex = (event.getAction() & > > MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_ID_MASK) >> > MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_ID_SHIFT; > > int action = event.getAction() & MotionEvent.ACTION_MASK; > > > > switch (action) { > > > > case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN: > > > > System.out.println("got down"); > > case MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN: > > System.out.println("got pointer down"); > > > > int screenX = (int) (event.getX(pointerIndex) * scaleX); > > int screenY = (int) (event.getY(pointerIndex) * scaleY); > > > > I see the code run when I place the first finger down. When I place the > > second > > finger down without lifting the first one I don't see the > > ACTION_POINTER_DOWN. > > > > Not sure what I'm doing wrong if anything. > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > John Goche > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
