Don't get any gesture data on Android!

Android
#1

Hi There,

On Monogame 3.7, I try to get the gesture working on Android and it seems I don’t get any kind of gesture data. The regular touches are working fine and I also EnabledGestures. Here’s the sample code :

        //Enable DragComplete Gesture
        TouchPanel.EnabledGestures = GestureType.DragComplete;

            while (TouchPanel.IsGestureAvailable)
            {
                GestureSample MyGesture = TouchPanel.ReadGesture();

                if (MyGesture.GestureType == GestureType.DragComplete)
                {
                    rightStickState = new Vector2(MyGesture.Position2.X - MyGesture.Position.X, MyGesture.Position.Y - MyGesture.Position2.Y);
                    rightStickState.Normalize();
                }
            }

is there anything else I need to enable or something?

Regards,

Özden

#2

Have you enabled the gestures you want to get?

I just covered this in my InputManager Tutorial too :slight_smile:
Here is a snippet of how I am registering them
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[Edit] Not tested this on Android yet [/Edit]

#3

Hi Charles,

Yes, infact that’s the first line in my code above.

I can use the touchcollection to do my own implementation but it seems gesture support is already built-in so wondering why it’s not working. Even registering and checking a simple gesture like Tap is not working, very strange!

Özden

#4

Ok, ill have ro test my touch implememtation on android, pretty sure this works on Windows with a touch screen. I’ll see if i can run it in my S10 and Kundel Fire.

Ill let you know how I get on once I get around to trying it.

#5

OK, it works fine with my code, both with the emulator and my S10, ill try my Kindel fire now.

#6

Need to charge it up, ill let you know if I get it working on my Fire too.

#7

Charles,

Thank you very much for letting me know that it works for you. I now suspect the Monogame version I use might be the problem as I tried on 2 different devices as well. My Monogame dll version seems to be 3.7.0.1708, could you please let me know yours?

Regards,

Özden

#8

I tested this with the latest 3.8

#9

Charles,

Ah, ok, I can’t move to 3.8 at the moment but will test with 3.7.1 as well.

Thank you very much for your time and help so far, it’s much appreciated!

Regards,

Özden

#10

No worries, hope you get to the bottom of it here is my test running on my Fire.
First pic, pre load

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Draging my finger moved the small red rectangle
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Doubld tap, makes the red rectangle gold,
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Double tap again to make the gold rectangle red.
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I set the expected gestures in the Game1 constructor when I set up my input manager

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On update, I check my input manager for touch status and gestures and update varialbe acordingly.

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Hope you get to the bottom of your issue :slight_smile:

#11

Hello Charles,

Thank you very much again for the lengthy reply. In my case I ended up implementing my own gesture recognizer using the touch data and but I’m sure these information will be helpfull for others.

Regards,

Özden

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