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title: UIApplicationSupportsIndirectInputEvents
framework: bundleresources
role: symbol
role_heading: Property List Key
path: bundleresources/information-property-list/uiapplicationsupportsindirectinputevents
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# UIApplicationSupportsIndirectInputEvents

A Boolean value indicating that the app generally supports indirect input mechanisms.

## Discussion

Discussion If the value of this key is YES: When the user clicks an indirect pointing device, UIKit generates a UITouch of type UITouch.TouchType.indirectPointer. When pinching or rotating using an indirect touch surface, UIKit drives UIPinchGestureRecognizer and UIRotationGestureRecognizer with an event of type UIEvent.EventType.transform. Currently, only certain prepackaged gestures in UIKit, like UIPinchGestureRecognizer and UIRotationGestureRecognizer, are capable of handling this event. Other gestures may be added to this list in future releases. Gestures that may have worked previously with the simulated touches no longer work. Be careful with certain UIGestureRecognizer APIs when gestures are driven by events of type UIEvent.EventType.scroll or UIEvent.EventType.transform.numberOfTouches returns 0, and location(ofTouch:in:) raises an exception because there are no touches driving these gestures with those events. For the case when exceptions might be raised, use either shouldReceive(_:) or the delegate call of gestureRecognizer(_:shouldReceive:) to determine that gesture recognizers are acting on a non-touch-based event. If the value of this key is NO: When the user clicks an indirect pointing device, UIKit generates a UITouch of type UITouch.TouchType.direct. When pinching or rotating using an indirect touch surface, UIKit creates touches a fixed distance apart that simulate the gesture on the indirect touch surface. Because these are normal UITouch events, they may incidentally activate other gesture recognizers If you don’t include this key in your app’s Info.plist: In iOS 17 and later, the system defaults to supporting indirect input events, meaning it treats your app the same as if you specify YES. In versions of iOS earlier than iOS 17, the system defaults to not supporting indirect input events, meaning it treats your app the same as if you specify NO. important: UIApplicationSupportsIndirectInputEvents is a compatibility affordance to ease the adoption of indirect input for a UIKit application. Avoid relying on this property and prepare your app to support indirect gestures on all platforms. For visionOS, the system always supports indirect input events and doesn’t consult this key.