Questions tagged [touchscreen]

A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. (Wikipedia)

A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. Wikipedia

Newer touchscreen electronics are generally capacitive whereas older less expensive designs are resistive. Resistive screens need physical contact and are more prone to wear.

See also:

  • for issues in programming touch interfaces.
  • for issues with multiple touch interfaces.
  • for question about different finger/stylus motion in a UI.
  • for question about using the touch hardware to recognize a gesture.
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Capturing writing on the touch screen

My application has a requirement where the user can write their signature on the screen. The signature should be able to be extracted into an image. How should I go about this ? Is there an existing android process/observer for this ? Or are they…
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Raspberry pi as a universal remote

I would like to know if I could use the raspberry pi phone as a universal remote. I am new to the raspberry pi. Would you recommend any parts for the device. If you are familiar with the pi phone them could you recommend any if blasters or…
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Graphics on Linux without full-blown window manager?

Is it possible to do graphics on Linux without installing and using a full blown window manager like Gnome/KDE etc? I am working on an embedded system with a touch screen and I just need to generate Python plots and perhaps have a few buttons to…
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jQuery over Jquery mobile for normal web application to handle mulitple devices

Background I am developing a web application, similar to trello, in which a page is seperated up into columns and tasks/cards can be added to each column, or drag and dropped between them. This will be primarily desktop based and have a lot more…
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Controlling Android keyboard without using touchscreen

I am trying to develop an android keyboard that is controlled by an external hardware signal. The touchscreen will not work. The external hardware will act like the TAB key on windows, advancing to next keyboard key on a single signal received. Two…
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