Resistive touchscreens work on the basis of pressure applied to the screen. A resistive screen consists of a number of layers. When the screen is pressed, the outer later is pushed onto the next layer — the technology senses that pressure is being applied and registers input. Resistive touchscreens are versatile as they can be operated with a finger, a fingernail, a stylus or any other object.
A Resistive touch screen has two thin layers of transparent and conductive film. It actually measures the resistance (pressure) created between the two layers while the screen is touched. This resistance is considered as a touch and the event will be triggered based on the location of the touch in the screen.
Resistive Touch screens are cheaper compared to Capacitive Touch screens. This allows only one point touch. Only one touch will be recognized at a point of time. The transparency of these touch screens are little low and has less visibility in sun light.
Advantages of Resistive Touch screen
- Cheaper compared to capacitive touch
- Touch can be made with any solid material
Dis-Advantages of Resistive Touch screen
- Does not allow multi-touch
- Transparency of screen is low compared to capacitive touch screen
- Response time is more compared to capacitive touch screen