Is it possible to detect exactly how much finger is in contact with the screen? Say I wanted to make a fingerprinting app, how would I detect the outline of a person’s fingeR?
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Is it possible to detect exactly how much finger is in contact with the screen? Say I wanted to make a fingerprinting app, how would I detect the outline of a person’s fingeR?
No, the UITouch system does a lot of processing to determine a single point location for each touch given the larger touched area. This is meant to aid the user as there can be some difference between where one thinks he is touching and where the screen is actually touched.