Hey, I just tried on my HTC Desire (with Android 2.2) and vibrate() works as expected...(i.e. the parameter is milliseconds).
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm trying to get a simple vibration working and according to the api > docs (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Vibrator.html) > all I need to use is this: > > > public void vibrate (long milliseconds) > > Turn the vibrator on. > Parameters > milliseconds How long to vibrate for. > > However the behavior I am seeing is not what is described. Instead of > a number of milliseconds, it seems this parameter translates into an > "intensity"?? > > I tried: > > vibrator.vibrate(200); > > and I got a sustained vibration which didn't stop until I exited my > app. Initially I thought perhaps the api docs were wrong and the > parameter was seconds, not milliseconds, so I tried: > > vibrator.vibrate(2); > > This time I got the same behavior, i.e. continuous vibration, but the > vibration was very gentle.. almost in-perceptible. This leads me to > conclude that the parameter translates into an intensity, not a time. > > Is it possible that this is a "feature" of the particular device? In > my case HTC Desire. > > I'm running 2.1 as my crappy telco hasn't distributed an update to > 2.2, but it worries me that this behavior may differ from device to > device. > > Anyone else had any experience with this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- YuviDroid Check out Launch-X <http://android.yuvalsharon.net/launchx.php> (a widget to quickly access your favorite apps and contacts!) http://android.yuvalsharon.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
