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 <[email protected]> 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 a virtual analog stick
>(working fine with single-touch) and a fire button on the right.  I
>wanted to go with another virtual analog stick on the right but there
>is no way it will work with all of these bugs.  In fact, the fire
>button is causing a big problem as well.
>
>The major issue is that touch points influence each other - badly.  If
>you're holding a thumb down at 100,300 then touch over at 700,250,
>guess what?  Your first touch point magically moves to 100,250ish,
>depending on how hard you touch with the right thumb.  I thought maybe
>I could write some smart code to work around these issues but the data
>is so bad that I don't see how I can make for a reliable control
>system using this data.
>
>I could even work around the axis flipping problem but the influence
>issue I'm trying to describe above it really too much to work
>around.
>
>Given that not even DPad/trackballs are standard on Android phones -
>are we confined to tilt and single-touch for all game control systems
>for now?  It would seem that way to me.  These problems now make me
>realize where the typing inaccuracies come from on the keyboard - the
>keys are probably receiving the wrong coords some of the time when mt
>is being used.
>
>Touch - what works:
>Any single touch
>Registering a second touch and kind of the location of the second
>touch (though it won't be accurate)
>
>Touch - what's broken:
>Any kind of accuracy with two touch points down
>Axis flipping when the moving touch points cross over
>
>Tested with the latest version of Android on my Nexus One (2.1-
>update1).
>
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