Android Question Hands-on keyboard (simulate computer keyboard on touchscreen)

[MegatenFreak]

Hi. What I'm trying to make is something that lets you put your fingers on the touchscreen (like it's an actual laptop keyboard) and then type letters by tapping the ones you want. In other words, I need the app to ignore the fingers that 'stay' on the screen and only act when a letter is 'tapped'. Is there any way to do that?
I've tried using default events, the Gestures library, and the Gesture Detector library. But the tap event doesn't respond when a couple of fingers are already touching the screen somewhere.
Is doing such a thing even possible?
Thanks.

 

[DonManfred]

Is doing such a thing even possible?

i dont think so

 

[MegatenFreak]

To clarify why I would want to do such a thing: It's for my sister. She has to type using her phone, but she has wrist pains that make it uncomfortable to hold her fingers up. Theoretically it should be possible when up to 10 touch events can be detected simultaneously... but I guess practice disagrees...

 

[josejad]

*Barely off-topic: Probably you'll have think or tested another solutions but now you're trying something on your own to make things easier for her, but, just in case... maybe you haven't thougth in some small hardware that could be easy to carry?

Something like this, for example.

 

[MegatenFreak]

That's an interesting piece of equipment! I'll have to ask if she's okay with spending some money! Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[josejad]

Another option I don't know if she have tried, is using swipe keyboards

 

[MegatenFreak]

Another option I don't know if she have tried, is using swipe keyboards

She has. Apparently she didn't like it!