TouchEnabled

NotReplicated

This item is not replicated across Roblox’s server/client boundary.

ReadOnly

This property can only be read from. Attempting to write to it will cause an error.

Value Type: bool

Description:

This property describes whether the user’s current device has a touch screen available.

The property is used to determine if the user’s device has a touch screen, and therefore if touch events will fire. If TouchEnabled is true, you can use UserInputService events such as UserInputService/TouchStarted and UserInputService/TouchEnded to track when a user starts and stops touching the screen of their device.

The code snippet below prints whether the user’s device has a touch screen.

local userInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

if userInputService.TouchEnabled then
	print("The user's device has a touchscreen!")
else
	print("The user's device does not have a touchscreen!")
end

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Code Samples

Create a Custom CameraScript

By default, Roblox relies on a LocalScript, described [here][1], to control the user’s camera. However, this script can be overridden with a custom CameraScript. The example below demonstrates how to create a custom script to control the user’s camera using many of the UserInputService events.

The script is broken into two parts:

Mobile camera events, which rely on touch events
Non-mobile camera events, which rely on keyboard input and tracking the user’s movement

First, the camera script needs utility functions to setup the camera and set its Camera/CameraType|CameraType to Scriptable so that the script can control the camera. It also needs a function to update the camera when it moves, rotates, and zooms.

Using touch events allows us to track user input as they interact with the touchscreen on their mobile device. These events allow us to handle camera movement, rotation, and zoom.

The second half of the code sample adds camera support for players on desktop devices. When input begans, the function Input() checks that the state of the input is Enum/UserInputState|Enum.UserInputState.Begin to ignore all keypress inputs other than when the user first presses a key down. When the user presses I and O the camera zooms in and out. When the presses down and moves their left mouse button, the script Enum/MouseBehavior|locks the player’s mouse by changing the UserInputService/MouseBehavior property. The camera rotates according to the mouse’s UserInputService/GetMouseDelta|change in screen position. When the player moves their character, the camera moves with them.

All of the parts discussed above are combined and shown in the code sample below.

				
				
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			-- ========================================
-- GLOBAL VARIABLES
-- ========================================
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

-- The camera used by the LocalPlayer
local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local torso = character:WaitForChild("Torso")
local playerPosition = torso.Position

local default_CameraPosition = torso.Position
local default_CameraRotation = Vector2.new(0,math.rad(-60))
local default_CameraZoom = 15

local cameraPosition = default_CameraPosition
local cameraRotation = default_CameraRotation
local cameraZoom = default_CameraZoom

local cameraRotationBounds = {math.rad(-81),math.rad(20)}
local cameraZoomBounds = nil --{10,200}
local touchDragSpeed = 0.15
local cameraSpeed = 0.1
local cameraRotateSpeed = 10
local cameraMouseRotateSpeed = 0.25
local cameraTouchRotateSpeed = 10
-- ========================================
-- ========================================





-- ========================================
-- UTILITY FUNCTIONS
-- ========================================
local function SetCameraMode()
camera.CameraType = "Scriptable"
camera.FieldOfView = 80
camera.CameraSubject = nil
end

local function UpdateCamera()
SetCameraMode()
local cameraRotationCFrame = CFrame.Angles(0, cameraRotation.X, 0)*CFrame.Angles(cameraRotation.Y, 0, 0)
camera.CFrame = cameraRotationCFrame + cameraPosition + cameraRotationCFrame*Vector3.new(0, 0, cameraZoom)
camera.Focus = camera.CFrame - Vector3.new(0, camera.CFrame.p.Y, 0)
end
-- ========================================
-- ========================================




-- ========================================
-- MOBILE CAMERA EVENTS
-- ========================================
-- Events used to control the camera for players using a mobile device

-- ====================
-- CAMERA MOVE
-- ====================
-- Fired by UserInputService.TouchPan
local lastTouchTranslation = nil
local function TouchMove(touchPositions, totalTranslation, velocity, state)
	if state == Enum.UserInputState.Change or state == Enum.UserInputState.End then
		local difference = totalTranslation - lastTouchTranslation
	cameraPosition = cameraPosition + Vector3.new(difference.X, 0, difference.Y)
		UpdateCamera()
	end
	lastTouchTranslation = totalTranslation
end

-- ====================
-- CAMERA ROTATE
-- ====================
-- Fired by UserInputService.TouchRotate
local lastTouchRotation = nil
local function TouchRotate(touchPositions, rotation, velocity, state)
if state == Enum.UserInputState.Change or state == Enum.UserInputState.End then
local difference = rotation - lastTouchRotation
cameraRotation = cameraRotation + Vector2.new(-difference,0)*math.rad(cameraTouchRotateSpeed*cameraRotateSpeed)
		UpdateCamera()
	end
lastTouchRotation = rotation
end

-- ====================
-- CAMERA ZOOM
-- ====================
-- Fired by UserInputService.TouchPinch
local lastTouchScale = nil
local function TouchZoom(touchPositions, scale, velocity, state)
	if state == Enum.UserInputState.Change or state == Enum.UserInputState.End then
		local difference = scale - lastTouchScale
		cameraZoom = cameraZoom * (1 + difference)
		if cameraZoomBounds ~= nil then
			cameraZoom = math.min(math.max(cameraZoom, cameraZoomBounds[1]), cameraZoomBounds[2])
		else
			cameraZoom = math.max(cameraZoom, 0)
end
		UpdateCamera()
	end
	lastTouchScale = scale
end

local function Input()
	UpdateCamera()
end
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-- ========================================
-- NON-MOBILE CAMERA EVENTS
-- ========================================

local function Input(inputObject)
	if inputObject.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard then
		if inputObject.UserInputState == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then						
			-- ====================
			-- CAMERA ZOOM
			-- ====================
			-- (I) Zoom In
			if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.I then
			 	cameraZoom = cameraZoom - 15
			elseif inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.O then
				cameraZoom = cameraZoom + 15
			end
		
			-- (O) Zoom Out
			if cameraZoomBounds ~= nil then
				cameraZoom = math.min(math.max(cameraZoom, cameraZoomBounds[1]), cameraZoomBounds[2])
			else
				cameraZoom = math.max(cameraZoom, 0)
			end
			
			UpdateCamera()
		end
	end
	
	-- ====================
	-- CAMERA ROTATE
	-- ====================
	local pressed = UserInputService:IsMouseButtonPressed(Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1)
	if pressed then
		UserInputService.MouseBehavior = Enum.MouseBehavior.LockCurrentPosition
		local rotation = userInputService:GetMouseDelta()
		cameraRotation = cameraRotation + rotation*math.rad(cameraMouseRotateSpeed)
	else
		UserInputService.MouseBehavior = Enum.MouseBehavior.Default
	end
end

-- ====================
-- CAMERA MOVE
-- ====================
local function PlayerChanged()
	local movement = torso.Position - playerPosition
	cameraPosition = cameraPosition + movement
	playerPosition = torso.Position
		
	UpdateCamera()
end
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-- ========================================
-- DEVICE CHECK
-- ========================================
-- Determine whether the user is on a mobile device

if UserInputService.TouchEnabled then
	-- The user is on a mobile device, use Touch events
UserInputService.TouchPan:Connect(TouchMove)
UserInputService.TouchRotate:Connect(TouchRotate)
UserInputService.TouchPinch:Connect(TouchZoom)
else
	
	-- The user is not on a mobile device use Input events
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(Input)
UserInputService.InputChanged:Connect(Input)
UserInputService.InputEnded:Connect(Input)

	-- Camera controlled by player movement
	wait(2)
	RunService:BindToRenderStep("PlayerChanged", Enum.RenderPriority.Camera.Value-1, PlayerChanged)
end	
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Code Samples

Create a Custom CameraScript