In Android how to get how much of a finger touched the screen?

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In a custom view how would it be possible to get how much of a finger touched the screen. In other words, to get if the user used the tip of his finger or a larger area. And then to be able to get each dimension of the rectangle.

Posted 10-Dec-11 3:19am

Matias234

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omid.nazifi · Answer 1 · 2011-12-11T19:33:00

Solution 1

Java

event.getPointerCount()

method call gives you number of touch

Sample Code:

Java

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(final MotionEvent event)
{
    System.out.println("Touch Count ="+event.getPointerCount());

    return true;
}

Posted 11-Dec-11 19:33pm

omid.nazifi

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Matias234 20-Dec-11 15:24pm

not really what i'm looking for. I'm looking for code that can give you basically a rectangle that represents the area that was touched.