AIR 2 Multitouch Gestures and the 3D Google Maps Flash API
April 27th, 2010 by ryanstewart
I took some time over the weekend to dive into the multitouch APIs on AIR 2 and built a basic example with the Google Maps 3D API. I wired up the out of the box gestures in AIR 2 to some specific manipulations so that it goes beyond the typical move and pinch gestures that most of the multitouch mapping apps use. You can see the YouTube clip below and grab the source over on GitHub to see how easy it is to use the gesture events in AIR 2.
A couple of great places to look for more multitouch info is Christian Cantrell’s blog and Matt Legrand’s Multitouchup.com. I’m also working on an Android version of the app but there are a couple of kinks to work out.
April 27th, 2010 at 7:41 am
Very slick, Ryan. So seriously, what does MS Surface do that we can’t already do now too?
April 27th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
@David W.: Surface is not only a touch screen but a complete system with interactivity, connectivity and object recognition (a digital camera for example)
The demo is nice but could run a little smoother (the touch screen might be the problem).
April 28th, 2010 at 1:10 am
Yeah, Surface is still a lot more robust. But you could run AIR on a Surface (I think) and you’d get all the multi-touch goodness of Surface in your own application.
In fact, I’d love to see how this did on a Surface. As Martin noted, some of the gestures were off and my hunch is that it’s because while cool, this HP monitor is kind of a cheapo touch screen.
=Ryan
ryan@adobe.com
May 11th, 2010 at 6:02 am
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