--- title: WWDC26: Make your game great with touch | Apple | daily.dev description: A step-by-step walkthrough of implementing touch controls for iOS/iPadOS games using Apple's Touch Controller framework. Covers setting up a touch controller... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wwdc26-make-your-game-great-with-touch-apple-mnd9bvwvj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: WWDC26: Make your game great with touch | Apple | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step walkthrough of implementing touch controls for iOS/iPadOS games using Apple's Touch Controller framework. Covers setting up a touch controller... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wwdc26-make-your-game-great-with-touch-apple-mnd9bvwvj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MND9bVwvJ.png og:image:alt: WWDC26: Make your game great with touch | Apple og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # WWDC26: Make your game great with touch | Apple **[Apple Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/appledeveloper)** · 24 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step walkthrough of implementing touch controls for iOS/iPadOS games using Apple's Touch Controller framework. Covers setting up a touch controller that integrates with the existing Game Controller framework (GCController), designing flexible layouts with anchor points and safe area insets, and replacing direct physical-controller mappings with touch-native interactions. Key techniques include using full-screen collider shapes for thumbsticks, replacing multi-button combos with single-action gestures, dynamically showing/hiding controls based on game context, updating button icons to reflect current actions, and adding custom visual feedback like a sprint halo indicator. The session uses a real game as a running example throughout. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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