G1 Android Multi-Touch Moves A Step Closer
Android developer Luke Hutch has managed to enable multi-touch functionality on his T-Mobile G1 without having to recompile the Android kernal.
By using specially developed Android applications and a change to just one classfile, Luke demonstrates full multi-touch scaling and panning on his T-Mobile G1.
Multi-touch on the G1 has been a source of much discussion since the release of the handset, with Google and HTC claiming that the G1 was only ever intended to be a single-touch device. Hardware limitations, lack of software support and possible Apple patent infringement were all cited as potential reasons for the lack of multi-touch.
However back in November, Android developer Ryan Gardner managed to locate some commented out lines inside Android's kernal driver that indicated multi-touch was indeed possible on the G1.
For more indepth information and source code for G1 multi-touch support head on over to Luke's blog.
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January 12th, 2009 at 10:25 am
That’s some really awesome stuff! It’ll be interesting to see how multi-touch will develop for Android, and to see how the community will work with it.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Thanks Luke. Excellent job relaying a complex function and implementing Multi-touch.
February 26th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Занимательная и интересная статья у вас. В отличие от большинства остальных похожих минимум воды!
April 7th, 2009 at 5:44 am
Немного не в тему, но вопрос такой возник автору. А почему вы именно wordpress выбрали для своего блога. Я вот ваш блог постоянно читаю
June 26th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Премного благодарен за интересную точку зрения. Я с ней не совсем согласен, но она имеет право на существование.