Is there a Java API for touching devices such as tablets?

Question

I\'m a java developer and I love this techonology. However, in my advisor next research we are going to use extensively touch-screen devices on Windows. Thi

Answer 1

This is an old question but i find it may still be useful. Java Swing does not have native support for touch-events. However, Java FX does. Java FX is already integrated in Java SE 7 and 8 and could be installed on Java SE 6. See this article from Oracle

Answer 2

Gosh, if you really want to offer a bounty on a question that can be answered in 6 seconds using google:

• https://sites.google.com/site/gmitresearch/mt4j/mt4j-basics
• http://code.google.com/p/sparsh-ui/
• http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/2008/pdf/TS-6127.pdf
• How to develop multi-touch applications in Java?