that thread talks about the multitouch in native sdk, I think it was resolved in 2.2 , at least on nexus one. the native map app pinch zoom works fine.
as far as patent goes, the native sdk has multitouch so if apple wants to make a fuss they will do it anyway. plus the js got simple touch events which is in the patent too. now Paul Allen is sueing everybody, its just sad. On Aug 27, 8:34 pm, William <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 28, 4:46 am, Nianwei Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It (Android 2.2 on Nexus One) does sent the following touch events: > > touchstart, touchmove, touchend, but no any gestureevents, which is > > needed to decide a pinch. And those events are for one finger only. > > there's a thread which suggest the reasons are due to the difficulty > of supporting many hardware devices, withn a wide range of > capabilities, instead of single iPhone > platform:http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > Also perhaps Google doesn't want to infringe on Apple's patented > superior > algorithms?http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1... > > ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
