Just to answer my own question, Compass functionality is built into some (all?) devices. I noticed that the up-coming T-Mobile Comet has compass functionality.
On Oct 31, 2:06 pm, Adrian Romanelli <[email protected]> wrote: > Does an Android 'sensor' have a compass built in? I thought it was > just a motion sensor, portrait/landscape, etc., and not a true > compass? > > And as far as I know, the gps device is a coordinate/point location > thing, not a compass thing. > > How would the phone/device actually know its facing North? > > Finally, I'm not sure if this would help you out, but take a look at > this article (its in three parts, link is part one), that describes a > scrollable surface > view:http://www.droidnova.com/create-a-scrollable-map-with-cells-part-i,65... > > Not sure if it can help you or not, but maybe a place to start? > > On Oct 31, 1:51 am, "josef.hardi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I want to create a non-generic compass that uses rotating directions > > instead of a rotating needle as in the conventional compass. The > > drawing is like the illustration below. > > > | > > ' ' W ' ' ' ' ' N ' ' ' ' ' E ' ' ' ' ' S ' ' ' > > > (shift a bit to the east) > > > | > > ' ' ' ' ' N ' ' ' ' ' E ' ' ' ' ' S ' ' ' ' ' W > > > The needle (depict as "|") is fixed and the direction string should > > have > > some sort of "rotation" effect that immediately relocates each sign or > > character from one tip of the edge to the opposite edge. Of course, > > the movement follows the reading of the Android sensor. > > > Does anyone has an idea how to implement this? I stumbled with how > > I create the rotation effect and connect the string's movement with > > the sensor reading. > > > Thanks > > /Joe -- 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
