Re: [android-developers] Multitouch seems badly broken on Nexus One 2.1-update1

2010-02-12 Thread Kevin Duffey
Ok.. thanks for the pointer Sean. So question for you and Dianne.. being on the platform team.. if his code works so well.. supposedly better than the OTA updates for Nexus.. why not just replace what is in Android.. or add it some how so that all of us developers can have this corrected data? Mayb

Re: [android-developers] Multitouch seems badly broken on Nexus One 2.1-update1

2010-02-12 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Sorry I meant exactly what I said: this is how the touch screen hardware on the Nexus One works (which is essentially the same screen as on the G1 and myTouch). The Droid has a sensor from a different manufacturer, with different behavior. Other phones will likewise have different sensors. This

Re: [android-developers] Multitouch seems badly broken on Nexus One 2.1-update1

2010-02-12 Thread Sean Hodges
I think what Dianne is saying is that the values you are seeing are what is raw data returned from the sensor, it's not normalised for multi-touch games, or for any particular purpose. My understanding is that the values returned have different coordinate spaces, and have a tendency to "jump" abou

Re: [android-developers] Multitouch seems badly broken on Nexus One 2.1-update1

2010-02-12 Thread Kevin Duffey
Ugh..sorry.. I hate using my moto droid to reply.. fat fingers and a horrible physical keyboard don't go together. Dianne, I don't understand your response.. it's quite clear from several developers that the multi-touch has problems severe enough that it's deterring game developers and others that

Re: [android-developers] Multitouch seems badly broken on Nexus One 2.1-update1

2010-02-11 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Kevin Duffey wrote: > So what I want to know is what is being done about this? Is there a bug > file and if so is it > This is how the sensor hardware works. It is essentially the same sensor as the G1 and myTouch. Please don't file a bug about it. -- Dianne

Re: [android-developers] Multitouch seems badly broken on Nexus One 2.1-update1

2010-02-11 Thread Kevin Duffey
So what I want to know is what is being done about this? Is there a bug file and if so is it Robert Green wrote: >To further confirm what others have been saying - Multitouch is not >suitable for games on Android at the moment. I'm trying to implement >a simple control system - left thumb is

[android-developers] Multitouch seems badly broken on Nexus One 2.1-update1

2010-02-11 Thread Robert Green
To further confirm what others have been saying - Multitouch is not suitable for games on Android at the moment. I'm trying to implement a simple control system - left thumb is a virtual analog stick (working fine with single-touch) and a fire button on the right. I wanted to go with another virt