[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-08-17 Thread Hekki
Hello, Actually you can use the multitouch from the SDK : http://www.alicesbiscuit.com/android-sdk-multitouch-workaround.html It's not perfect but it works for me. Yahel --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-08-17 Thread CraigsRace
Just tried logging the event.toString() and doing multi-touch. Never got any x2,y2 information. :( On G1, Android 1.5. On Aug 18, 4:18 am, Hekki kaye...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Actually you can use the multitouch from the SDK :

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-27 Thread CraigsRace
Thanks Romain. Sad news, but at least it is news. Apologies for spreading an incorrect rumour. Please keep us posted on any multi-touch developments. Cheers. On Jul 26, 9:26 am, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote: Donut is NOT Android 2.0 and there's no multi-touch support in Donut. On

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-26 Thread patrick aljord
On Jul 25, 6:26 pm, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote: Donut is NOT Android 2.0 and there's no multi-touch support in Donut. Will 2.0 have multi-touch though? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-26 Thread Evan Charlton
2.0 has not been announced, no matter what any bloggers say. Android 2.0 could be 10 years from now for all we know. Evan Charlton On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:32 PM, patrick aljordpatc...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 25, 6:26 pm, Romain Guy romain...@google.com wrote: Donut is NOT Android 2.0

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-25 Thread CraigsRace
FYI: The next SDK release (2.0 Donut) is rumoured to include multi- touch support. Woohoo! http://phandroid.com/2009/07/25/morning-donuts/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group.

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-25 Thread Romain Guy
Donut is NOT Android 2.0 and there's no multi-touch support in Donut. On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 3:55 PM, CraigsRacecraig...@gmail.com wrote: FYI:  The next SDK release (2.0 Donut) is rumoured to include multi- touch support.  Woohoo!  http://phandroid.com/2009/07/25/morning-donuts/ --

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-02 Thread Al Sutton
Kaj, In most countries software methods (such as multi-touch) can not be patented. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4655955.stm for the result of a recent attempt to allow them in europe. Al. On Jul 1, 9:33 pm, Kaj Bjurman kaj.bjur...@gmail.com wrote: I think it has been granted,

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-02 Thread Disconnect
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:10 PM, CraigsRacecraig...@gmail.com wrote: Back on topic, and I'll make it a multiple choice question (in a hope it will get answered). Does anyone know if the Android SDK will support multi-touch: A) In the next month B) In the next 6 months C) In the next year

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-02 Thread CraigsRace
I had a look at Lukes hack. Very clever, smart guy! Except when I ran the multi-touch visualizer on my G1 it never actually showed me multi-touching (he did explain in his blog that the G1 hardware didn't support multi-touch very well). It would be really easy to implement a multi-touch SDK

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread Kaj Bjurman
Doesn't apple have a multitouch patent? On 1 Juli, 00:15, CraigsRace craig...@gmail.com wrote: So the latest Android phone now officially has multi-touch support. Ref:  http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/htc-hero-in-graphite I know it is not a Google Experience phone, however, can we

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread John Smith
2009/7/1 Kaj Bjurman kaj.bjur...@gmail.com Doesn't apple have a multitouch patent? Was this before or after laptops started having touch pads that are multitouch compatible? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread Kaj Bjurman
The patent is for usage on touch screens. The patent was filed in 2008: http://mashable.com/2009/01/26/apple-multi-touch-patent/ On 1 Juli, 09:13, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/1 Kaj Bjurman kaj.bjur...@gmail.com Doesn't apple have a multitouch patent? Was this

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread Paul Kilgo
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Kaj Bjurman kaj.bjur...@gmail.com wrote: The patent is for usage on touch screens. The patent was filed in 2008: http://mashable.com/2009/01/26/apple-multi-touch-patent/ Couldn't you feasibly implement multitouch in a different way and be legally sound? I

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread Mike Hearn
HTC may have licensed the patents, or this may simply be a screwup by Orange. Since Android launched I've been consistently amazed at how inaccurate and bogus operator specification pages are. They're apparently created by people with no ability to even read what they wrote. For instance that

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread CraigsRace
It's not an error. Here is a video of the HTC Hero, you can clearly see the multi touch support (zooming): http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/articles/htchero.html Back on topic. Will the Android SDK support multi touch? On Jul 1, 9:33 pm, Mike Hearn mh.in.engl...@gmail.com wrote: HTC

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread John Smith
2009/7/1 CraigsRace craig...@gmail.com It's not an error. Here is a video of the HTC Hero, you can clearly see the multi touch support (zooming): http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/articles/htchero.html Back on topic. Will the Android SDK support multi touch? What HTC apps support

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread Kaj Bjurman
I think it has been granted, and they have probably filed the patent to other countries as well. (But companies can still license it from apple) On 1 Juli, 21:15, Al Sutton a...@funkyandroid.com wrote: The patent, if granted, would only valid in the US, so there are no issues that would stop a

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread Disconnect
First, patents are off topic. (And potentially damaging to what google engineers can do or work on, regardless of validity, etc etc etc. No, really.) Second, IIRC the patent is -specific- gestures tied to -specific- actions. Lots of devices have multitouch using other gestures. This is probably

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread CraigsRace
Back on topic, and I'll make it a multiple choice question (in a hope it will get answered). Does anyone know if the Android SDK will support multi-touch: A) In the next month B) In the next 6 months C) In the next year D) Multi-touch is still being discussed E) Multi-touch will not be supported

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread Ted Chien
And Apple is been sued by the patent: http://www.emc.com.tw/eng/news_1_1.asp?id=71 EMC has won several lawsuits with other companies on the multi-touch patent. On Jul 1, 4:12 pm, Kaj Bjurman kaj.bjur...@gmail.com wrote: The patent is for usage on touch screens. The patent was filed in 2008:

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread Chaue Shen
What about those leaked Hero roms? Can you get the muti-touch off of them? On Jul 2, 8:10 am, CraigsRace craig...@gmail.com wrote: Back on topic, and I'll make it a multiple choice question (in a hope it will get answered). Does anyone know if the Android SDK will support multi-touch: A)

[android-developers] Re: HTC Hero has multi-touch. SDK support?

2009-07-01 Thread CraigsRace
Thanks Ted. With the news of EMC suing Apple, Apple threatening to sue Palm, ... I think I have my answer about multi-touch on Android. Fingers crossed this silliness will blow over and we can start developing cool apps using multi-touch. Cheers. On Jul 2, 1:15 pm, Ted Chien