TouchEvent touchPointID is always 0 on Android

[stolennickname]

With AIR 16.0.0.245 app running on Android devices, I'm having a problem getting meaningful touchPointID values for single taps. The value is always reported as 0. This makes it impossible for me to track if a given TouchEvent is actually the same TouchEvent occurring in a different phase.

When I run the same code on iOS, subsequent touches increase their ID with each tap, which is as expected. I am getting the exact same positive results on both platforms from Multitouch.supportedGestures, Multitouch.supportsGestureEvents, and Multitouch.supportsTouchEvents. Multitouch.inputMode also reports touchPoint.

This is crippling my project right now.

[stolennickname]

I've tried setting and removing the following manifest settings, to no avail:

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="true" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch" android:required="true" />

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct" android:required="true" />

[Toxikman]

Just count the number of TOUCH_BEGIN events with touchPointID of 0 to determine if it's a new touch or not. The touchPointID starts at 0 (whereas iOS starts at 1), but a second finger will report 1, then 3rd finger 2, etc.