I have implemented touch functionality on my website using this code, and it works great for iPad / iPhone.
function initTouchEvents() {
if (window.Touch) {
document.addEventListener("touchstart", touchHandler, true);
document.addEventListener("touchmove", touchHandler, true);
document.addEventListener("touchend", touchHandler, true);
document.addEventListener("touchcancel", touchHandler, true);
}
}
function touchHandler(event) {
var touches = event.changedTouches,
first = touches[0],
type = "";
switch (event.type) {
case "touchstart": type = "mousedown"; break;
case "touchmove": type = "mousemove"; break;
case "touchend": type = "mouseup"; break;
default: return;
}
var simulatedEvent = document.createEvent("MouseEvent");
simulatedEvent.initMouseEvent(type, true, true, window, 1, first.screenX, first.screenY,
first.clientX, first.clientY, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
first.target.dispatchEvent(simulatedEvent);
if (event.type == "touchmove") {
event.preventDefault();
}
}
But when I tested my site on a PC with a touch screen, it did not start, and I found out that it window.Touchworks only for iPhone / iPad. And I also tried various other events, such as typeof(window.ontouchstart != 'undefined')and ('ontouchstart' in window || typeof TouchEvent != "undefined"), but did not find that it has a touch screen and does not register an event for a touch movement.
What I am asking for here is an event in javascript that can detect all touch devices (IOS / Android / Windows / OSX) and trigger event logging.
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