Is it possible to determine the finger pressure on the screen?

cocoa-touch, iphone, uikit

Solution

Like @kendall said. You only get a point.

I would suggest that you do not look at pressure but you look at duration of the touch. This way you could translate this into increased pressure. Eg if you were making a painting application, the longer you hold your finger in one place the large the blob would appear compared to when moving your finger quickly to create a thin line.

Cheers, John,

Problem

I'm not sure, but maybe there's a way to determine the finger pressure on the iPhone screen? I know it has no pressure sensors, but it could be somehow calculated from the touch "footprint", if it was accessible in some way.

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