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Re: iOS: Differentiating between 1 or 2 finger touches
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Re: iOS: Differentiating between 1 or 2 finger touches


  • Subject: Re: iOS: Differentiating between 1 or 2 finger touches
  • From: Nathan Sims <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:49:07 -0700

On Jul 12, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Fritz Anderson wrote:

> On 12 Jul 2011, at 6:30 PM, Nathan Sims wrote:
>
>> I have a, iOS 4.3.3 UIView that is touch-enabled. When my -touchesBegan:withEvent: method gets called, I can't figure out how to differentiate when the user touched the screen with one finger or with two. Either way, I receive this:
>>
>> <UITouchesEvent: 0x1796e0> timestamp: 423888 touches: {(
>>   <UITouch: 0x1d2ab0> phase: Began tap count: 1 window: <UIWindow: 0x197ac0; frame = (0 0; 768 1024); opaque = NO; autoresize = RM+BM; layer = <CALayer: 0x197c40>> view: <UIView: 0x1a1330; frame = (20 0; 748 1024); transform = [0, -1, 1, 0, 0, 0]; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x1a13c0>> location in window: {572, 338} previous location in window: {572, 338} location in view: {686, 552} previous location in view: {686, 552}
>> )}
>>
>> It tells me the 'tap count' but nowhere does it indicate if the user applied two fingers or just one. Instead of double-tapping or some other gesture, I need to make two fingers to mean 'quit the ongoing activity' to my program, whereas one finger means 'change value according to where the finger touched'.
>>
>> Am I looking in the wrong place for this touch information?
>
> The other parameter is there for a reason. It is a set of UITouches. Sets can be counted.

I know, but [touches count] always returns 1, so I've resorted to [[event allTouches] count]; seems to work reliably.
Thanks!

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