MonoGame.Samples/TouchGesture

TouchGesture MonoGame Sample

This is a cross-platform MonoGame 3.8.4 sample demonstrating touch gesture and mouse support. The project uses modern .NET 8.0+ SDK-style projects, with shared game logic in /Core and platform-specific launchers in /Platforms.

Supported Platforms

• Windows (net8.0-windows)
• DesktopGL (net8.0)
• Android (net8.0-android)
• iOS (net8.0-ios)

Directory Structure

/Core                  # Shared game logic (Game1, Sprite, etc.)
/Platforms/Windows     # Windows-specific entry point and project
/Platforms/DesktopGL   # DesktopGL-specific entry point and project
/Platforms/Android     # Android entry point, manifest, and project
/Platforms/iOS         # iOS entry point, Info.plist, and project
/Content               # Prebuilt .xnb content files (used by Windows & DesktopGL)
.vscode               # VSCode tasks and launch configuration
TouchGesture.sln       # Solution file for Visual Studio
README.md              # This file

Content (.xnb) Files

• Windows & DesktopGL:
  • Use the /Content directory directly for all .xnb assets (e.g., cat.xnb, Font.xnb).
• Android:
  • The project copies .xnb files from /Content into the Android output at build time.
• iOS:
  • The project copies .xnb files from ../../../CompiledContent/iOS/Content/Textures/cat.xnb and ../../../CompiledContent/iOS/Content/Fonts/Font.xnb into the app bundle as Content/cat.xnb and Content/Font.xnb.
  • This allows for platform-optimized content if needed.

Input Support

• Touch (Mobile):
  • All original gestures (hold, tap, drag, flick, pinch) are supported.
• Mouse (Desktop/Windows):
  • Left click: select or create sprite
  • Right click: remove sprite
  • Drag: move selected sprite
  • Mouse wheel: scale selected sprite
  • Middle click: change color
  • Mouse cursor is visible by default

Building and Running

Prerequisites

• .NET 8.0 SDK or newer
• Visual Studio 2022+ or VSCode
• MonoGame 3.8.4+ (NuGet packages are referenced automatically)

Windows & DesktopGL

• Open the solution (TouchGesture.sln) in Visual Studio and set the desired platform project as startup, then build and run.

• Or, in VSCode, use the Run/Debug options for Windows or DesktopGL, or run from terminal:

  dotnet run --project Platforms/Windows/TouchGesture.Windows.csproj -c Debug
  dotnet run --project Platforms/DesktopGL/TouchGesture.DesktopGL.csproj -c Debug
  

Android & iOS

• Open the solution in Visual Studio 2022+ (with Xamarin/MAUI workloads installed) and build/deploy the Android/iOS projects.
• Ensure the referenced .xnb files exist in the expected locations for each platform.

Notes

• No Content.mgcb file is used; the game loads prebuilt .xnb files from the Content directory or platform-specific locations.
• All shared code is in /Core and referenced by each platform project.
• Platform-specific code is minimal and isolated in each platform directory.
• If you add new content, ensure it is built to .xnb for each platform and placed in the correct location.

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For more details, see the source code in each directory.